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 can never really be said to be ignoring us, even if our experience with God at any given moment is that he is.
This week, when you go to church, take a moment to reflect that you are being summoned by a loving Father, hands full of gifts he wants to give.
If your faith is rooted in the gospel of Zion, in the good news of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection on your behalf, you are already a member of the “heavenly Jerusalem”
Success is emphatically not your primary identity.
Now that the Lord of Sabaoth has involved himself, something ends, something is born.
God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
Heaven is yours now.
This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.