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Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.
I am cognizant of the powerful lessons for life I owe to those nights in the air-raid shelter.
Jesus did not need a single act of mercy to get him started on the road to mercy, his essence was by nature merciful.
Jesus is the vine. You are His branches. And God the Father delights to bring the inside out.
This is an excerpt from “Unveiling Mercy: 365 Daily Devotions Based on Insights from Old Testament Hebrew” written by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2020). Used with permission.
When the old Adam hears a command, he hears a prescription. Like a coach drawing up a play so you can win the game.
The story of these faithful Christians serves to highlight the roles of both Africa and martyrdom in the early church and today.
On Holy Trinity Sunday, God draws our attention, not to the inner workings of the Trinity, but the outer workings of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The foundation of the Christian’s life is that our life is not our own. We don’t belong to ourselves. God has purchased us with the currency of Jesus’s blood.
This book tells of my long and brutal journey. From married to divorced. From a seminary professor and pastor to a disgraced, bitter truck driver in the oil fields of Texas. From a man at war with God to a child redeemed by grace.
There’s some wild and untamed prayers in the psalms. But they’re fenced in by order, symmetry, predictability. They organize chaos. And they bring order and hope and stability to our chaotic lives.
I woke up this morning feeling restless. It could be the 7,000 holiday calories I have eaten every day for the past two weeks or it could be that a new year has started and so follows the resolutions.