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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Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
On Saturday, July 16, Luke Gabriel Bird died in a hiking accident in Chile. He was a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy. He is our son. Here are some reflections on his life, his faith, and his Lord.
Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
With every bone in our bodies, we declare war on grace. We declare war on the gift.
Ethics begins not with our doing, but with the Triune God’s giving.
Our only hope in life and death is that God loves sinners, who fail and forget constantly, with a love that is just as constant.
The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.
The glimpse of this final vision of healing has healed us before, it heals us here and now, and it will heal us again.
If you want something empty, the tomb is the way to go. The point of the manger is that Jesus was in it. The point of the cross is that Jesus was on it.
Your loving Lord is not oblivious to your pain and sadness.