One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.
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).

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Jesus overcame sin, death, and Satan on the cross. His bloody suffering and death marked this sinful world's defeat.
Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.
This new life is marked not by fear of death but hope in eternal life.
Faithful preachers should remain steadfast in the biblical categories and terminology and preach the reality of death.
God uses the fifth commandment to protect us from selfishness, prevent us from only thinking about our needs, and to drive us to Christ and our neighbors.
Jesus will strengthen and encourage us because he is true life, and life has defeated death.
Satan and the old Adam don't want Jesus to bear our crosses for us because that means we can't claim that we've done anything to merit God's mercy and salvation.
The only reason we're aware of our old self is in baptism, God created a new self for us.
In spiritual matters, the Scriptures teach us that freedom is tied to slavery and bondage.
Solomon did not write Ecclesiastes to bum you out. He wrote it to set you free.
Because peace is a gift and not a product, you can’t work your way into it. However—you can receive it by grace.
This is an excerpt from “Crucifying Religion” written by Donavon Riley (1517 Publishing, 2019).