In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of…
Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I think: The Lord is my portion! Therefore, I’ll wait for him. – Lamentations 3:22-24 I skipped yesterday’s post for obvious reasons. We were in Virginia Beach to finally – after six months – lay Rebekah’s…
there was one consistent thread, and that was Grace
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This journey to the cross is God's invitation for us to step into another way of being
Children provide the most compelling motivation to keep on track and to live lives of active faith
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The dark is simply incompatible with light, and the beautiful, elegant, uncomplicated consequence of introducing light is that we don't then have to do anything about the dark - because it is simply gone.
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We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those…
So take pause today, take a long deep breath, let the anger and the disappointment and the sadness be redirected for this moment, and invite the good news and the promise of light and grace to wash over you and bring you hope.
Some people explain the work of Jesus as standing between humankind and an angry God - as a kind of buffer, persuading God not to destroy us. But Jesus is God, there is no opposition or conflict within the Godhead! Jesus is God's love manifest in human form. Jesus offers salvation because reconciliation is God's will for me and for you.
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The environment is a huge piece of the complex puzzle that contributes to making us whole people. In Romans 8 Paul points out how the entire created order is waiting for us (people) to "get it" to the extent that redemption is our way of life
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