Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
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07/03/25
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
07/02/25
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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02/04/20
God hides from us on purpose so he can be God for us without limits or measures in the way of faithful, loving-kindness.
01/31/20
Your faith is not dependent on whether or not you suffer well. Your faith is dependent on the fact that Christ did.
01/29/20
If I’m honest, I want that completed Bible reading plan more than I want grace.
01/16/20
Have you ever felt haunted by fear, shame, and guilt? Have you ever worried that Jesus couldn't love you anymore? I have.
01/09/20
Do not be afraid of seeing the depths of your depravity. Do not be offended, because the story doesn’t end there, and it’s completion is glorious.
12/30/19
The real power of his hymn comes from the fact that Bonhoeffer does not offer a rosy picture of life or any of the tropes so typical of cheap piety that tell us that everything is always right, that things happen for a reason, and that we should try to stay positive.
12/30/19
Into the suffocating prison of sorrow, God sends his Breath, his Holy Spirit to help us. We may suffer, but we will not be alone.
12/23/19
On the other side of Christmas, we find (1) senseless suffering and (2) unstoppable salvation. A sermon on these verses should be honest about both.
12/20/19
Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?
12/16/19
By every conceivable category, grace shouldn't exist. It shouldn't have been bestowed. It's the card in God's trick we never saw coming.
12/11/19
While we are promised that God will always be with us, we are also told of the benefits that can come to us even in our pain.
12/10/19
Most days, we're not okay. We're not good enough, strong enough, or "Christian" enough.
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