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.
The only hope for idol-addicted sinners who are utterly incapable of decluttering their souls is Jesus, the one at the heart of the gospel, and the only one who stands before the Father with an undivided heart.

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In order to shore up wavering faith commitments, both for the disciples and for us today, Jesus used His actions during a day’s worth of ministry to evidence the hard truth about His Messianic identity.
Writer’s Block, however, entertains no such fantasies. It goes straight for my ego’s jugular and pounds home the fact that I’m not good enough.
Today’s world has replaced Anfechtung with an entirely new sort of despair.
Our crucified Lord makes it clear that the widow’s worthless giving was far greater than a million dollars because she gave all she had.
Some lie and tell us that to sin is to be ourselves. But it is not. Sin is not natural to humanity.
From the very beginning, God made everything out of nothing. For mankind’s redemption, God’s Son did everything while we did nothing
But another possible translation for the Greek word we translate as ‘overcome’ and one maybe more consistent with the context is ‘comprehend.’
A friend of mine recently expressed to me his rather unique thoughts on Narcissus.
Christ rose from the grave so that the eternal Light of Christ would be your forever identity.
The moral high ground isn’t anything to find comfort in. God gives us something better—Jesus.
When we are unsure of who God is, it’s to Christ that He tells us to look.
The Christian who understands Gospel-based love recognizes the false promises and rewards of the Playboy Mansion.