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13 mins read|07/15/19
Epistle: Colossians 1: 21-29 (Pentecost 6: Series C)
Baptized believers are in Christ and of Christ. Once they were alienated from and hostile to God, now they have been reconciled through the work of Christ. This forgiveness is not unconditional. Christ is the condition and, indeed, He fulfills all the conditions. -
10 mins read|07/08/19
Epistle: Colossians 1:1-14 (Pentecost 5: Series C)
The Father, then, “has qualified you” through the work of Christ to share in the family inheritance. This inheritance is the Family of God itself and the family of the triune God Himself. -
13 mins read|05/06/19
The Good Destruction
“Our “good destruction” happened about 2,000 years ago as Jesus Christ arose from the tomb and crushed the head of Satan, broke the jawbones of death, and snapped the chains of sin. ” -
5 mins read|02/18/19
What is Lacking in the Suffering of Christ?
Did the Apostle Paul just say that “he fills up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?" That seems a little at odds with Jesus’ statement, "It is finished." -
10 mins read|02/04/19
Defeat Evil with Good
Peace comes when we give up worrying about self-interest, self-preservation, and self-satisfaction and instead keep our eyes fixed on good God and Savior Jesus. -
12 mins read|01/28/19
Forgiving Others Is Not All About You: When Forgiveness Mutates into Self-Help
Just as we believe ourselves to be forgiven because God sees us in Christ, so to forgive others is to see them as God sees them in Christ. To forgive, in other words, is to put God’s eyes in our eyes and our eyes in God’s eyes.
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