He doesn’t consume us, even though that is what we deserve. Instead, Jesus comes down to us and consumes all our sin by taking it on himself.
10/01/25
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
09/30/25
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s new book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 311 and 335
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10/12/18
But these good works aren’t done under compulsion. They’re done freely. They aren’t done so that God will love us. They’re done because He loves us.
10/09/18
I have been very busy lately, trying to understand things.
10/08/18
What we notice less often is that this same fear wonders about both the efficacy of the Gospel and the Law.
10/04/18
Love is the sum of the law. Love God with all your heart, spirit, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. That means that if love can't be done when it needs to be done then get rid of the law, because it's not lawful.
10/04/18
Perhaps if we indulged our Christian freedom around them, they would come to see that “the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
10/03/18
We are saved by grace, and strictly speaking, not by an offer.
10/01/18
Have you ever received a gift for which you were less than thrilled, but you had to pretend you really liked it so as not to offend the giver?
10/01/18
As I write this, I wonder if perhaps I am stretching things a bit thinking that it would be relevant to a considerably more sophisticated audience. Perhaps we already know the Gospel, that we are all sinners.
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09/28/18
I visited a senior man at his home the other day. I'll refer to him as “Jim.”
09/27/18
I am not a good Lutheran. I have only been around reformation theology for a few years.
09/27/18
He begins with Jesus and ends with Jesus. He is not going to try to complete what Jesus starts.
09/26/18
God’s grace is extended to the incorrigible alcoholic as well as to us, the more sophisticated sinners and drunks.
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