Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

By Steven Paulson

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Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.

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Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.

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This article is part of Stephen Paulson’s series on the Psalms.

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You have real freedom through the gospel of Jesus Christ, a freedom that doesn’t rest on founders, votes, or power plays.

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Below is the Thinking Fellows Essential Reading List with contributions from each of the Thinking Fellows hosts.

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It is your privilege—we may even say “right”—to call upon this Father and to call him Father.

Bruce Hillman

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What the Bible’s Wisdom Books Say about Human Suffering

God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.

Michael Berg

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Five Ascension Promises

Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.

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Depth of Mercy

The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”

Bradley Gray

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Unforeseen Sympathy

Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.

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Preaching the Gospel When Cities Burn

You are the baptized, for in Christ we are all wet. The demographic dividers are washed away.

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Johann Spangenberg on Dying Well

A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.

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Do our petitions move God?

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