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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There is no one — not now, not ever — who cannot be included in the family of God through the efficacy of Christ’s saving power.

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It's a new year, and you are still the same you: a sinner who is simultaneously perfect in every way because Christ declares it to be so.

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The love of God is creative, always giving, always reviving.

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In Scripture, laments are raw expressions of grief, but they always point to hope. What if our culture’s obsession with holiday lights is an unconscious way of crying out, “We need good news, and we need it now”?

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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 Jesus himself who is the ladder by which sinners get to God, not by them climbing up but by God climbing down.

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

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A Meal That Never Ends

We can do nothing to warrant entry into the kingdom of God nor are we getting in if we think a seat at God’s table is something to which we are entitled.

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