Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?

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Jesus did not need to be baptized. But he did it. Why?
Is there ever a time when someone needs to be re-baptized? Not if we believe that God is the one who does the baptizing.
Christians are given a new name at baptism. We are given the Triune name of Father, Son, and Spirit.
Christ busies Himself with accomplishing your salvation; race, age, sex, ability or even intelligence notwithstanding.
In the wilderness, God reaches down to show us that the only life is in one place: where there is water.
The kingdom of God is not a place, a thing, a concept, a philosophy, a spiritual force, or a state of being. The kingdom of God is a person.
Our smartphones, tablets, and laptops tempt us to enter into a virtual world without flesh and blood. A world without concrete, real consequences. No real pain or suffering, and no actual death.
We love those who enable us to see our love for ourselves reflected back at us.
It is in the midst of a world marked by empty and deceptive hopes that have broken hearts and lives that we are sent to deliver the promise of a future that has as its last chapter the resurrection of the body to eternal life with the Lamb who was slain but is alive forevermore.
When I hear my brother’s name, I will grieve a little. But I will also rejoice, for I know that he is with his Savior.
Jesus is a heroic warrior that not even hell can defeat.
Jesus knows your name. Whether you’re a boy named Sue or a beggar named Lazarus, the God who named that forgotten man has not forgotten you.