In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).
Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.
There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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God is for us in His foolish, scarred Word and Wisdom. Nothing is against us, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
How does that sit with you? It frightens me. Naked, exposed in the eyes of the One to Whom I must give account?
“Church is set free in Christ, in short, to revel in her irrelevance to the ways of the world’s power and wisdom.
That is why the church has to offer Super Bread and Super Wine, so that God can see that we are Super Christians.
God has given us a way out of our plight of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” It is the way of the cross.
Today I want to give you some good news. It is good news for the relationship failure; for the one who is self-focused;
Gone, abolished, put away with, undone, and destroyed are any and all notions that my repentance unlocks, sets free, or earns God’s forgiveness.
Neither did Christ’s absolution “run out” nor “reach a limit” due to Judas’ sin.
“In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."
The little gold man has become one of my most prized possessions for he reminds me of God’s love for me.
Repentance is not a call to improve. It is a call to die.
In him, retribution is set aside. Forgiveness comes. A new order begins. Remember that God’s mission will prevail, because grace is in, with, and under the fabric of human history.