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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The GOAT of goats

The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.

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We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.

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Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.

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Remembered and Redeemed

Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.

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I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.

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True Tolerance

We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.

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Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.

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By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.

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We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.

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