The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
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07/23/26
Sinners get faith as a gift when Christ takes their captivity captive.
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08/27/19
God is the only one who decides what we receive, when, and how it’s given to us.
08/26/19
Biblically speaking, we won’t find much evidence for a preordained spouse.
08/24/19
Jesus and the New Testament—good.
Yahweh and the Old Testament—not really so good.
So goes the popular, but largely whispered, dichotomy.
08/20/19
Jesus doesn’t talk about God’s love for us; he embodies it.
08/15/19
The Holy Spirit is not ours to hunt down; rather, we are the ones relentlessly pursued by the word of Christ.
08/13/19
We confuse our success and failures with God’s judgment of us.
08/12/19
Mere confrontation in the form of, “What you’re doing is wrong—you need to change yourself,” can never solve the root of our problem.
08/12/19
I don't remember a time not knowing I was a sinner. Seriously, I've always understood that Christ died for me.
08/07/19
My past, littered about this tiny island, resurrects itself when I draw near, but it never does so alone. It is always accompanied by the Savior.
08/06/19
We are so free as Christians that we don't even have to compare ourselves to other Christians.
08/02/19
The following is an excerpt from “Let the Bird Fly” written by Wade Johnston (1517 Publishing, 2019).
08/01/19
Here, we read the mystery and majesty of the incarnation of the Son of God wrapped up into a single package
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