TOPIC INDEXJustification (23)

  1. The Dung-Slinging God

    book
    02/11/19
    20 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    The prophet Jonah longed for one thing: to see the Assyrian city of Nineveh utterly destroyed by the wrath of God. His wish eventually came true

  2. The Habits of Grace

    book
    09/13/18
    13 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Only because He is an outsider can he afford the costly fee insiders could never afford no matter how hard they work.

  3. Why Grace is Outrageous

    book
    08/04/18
    1 min read
    By Bruce Hillman

  4. Behind the Satanic Curtain:

    book
    05/17/18
    23 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    There are a few occasions in the Bible where the curtain lifts, and we get to peer into the inner workings of the Divine Court.

  5. Catbirds and the Delight of God

    book
    07/18/17
    15 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    One of my favorite things to do in the summer is read out under the shade of my backyard tree. There, I have a reclining chair and small little side table.

  6. Living Out Forgiveness

    book
    03/01/17
    15 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    One of the common things I see my congregants struggle with is the concept of forgiveness. Contrary to what I had assumed would be the case, I find congregants don’t struggle so much with giving forgiveness as they do living with forgiveness.

  7. Why Did Jesus Scold Peter for Trying?

    book
    09/14/16
    19 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    It is often the case that when dealing Divine, we find ourselves befuddled. For as relatable and surprisingly vulnerable God is as the man Jesus, he seems, at times, to retain a certain aloofness, a type of distance.

  8. Dancing With The Spirit

    book
    08/08/16
    12 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Years ago I picked up a used copy of Thomas Á Kempis’ Imitation of Christ at a second-hand bookstore.

  9. No Salvation Without Works

    book
    07/06/16
    16 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    One of the interesting things about Paul’s writings that is not noticed enough is that Paul doesn’t really have an “application” section.

  10. God’s Fixed Courtroom

    book
    06/13/16
    16 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    A crisis of faith always occurs when we begin to believe that God has betrayed us.

  11. Banjaxed

    book
    06/06/16
    13 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    Stephen Fry, the English actor, author and game show host once disparaged the “grammar Nazis” who felt it necessary to enforce all the rules of language but who had forgotten, or just didn’t care, about the joy of language.