Jesus, quite literally, is the life of the party…he has come to give us life…and that life is one of joy.
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God will pay any price to ransom us from the grip of sin and death.
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The darkness that had enveloped the exiles, that had seemed so impenetrable, must now give way to the everlasting light of God’s love.
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When you are clothed with Christ, you are dressed for every occasion.
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There is no length that God will not go, no depth to which God will not descend, in order to redeem you.
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Two marginalized, pregnant women—one young and unwed, the other beyond the age to conceive—these are the people God chooses to put God’s plan of salvation into action.
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God has taken away all of the judgments against us and taken them upon himself.
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The judgment of the Lord is a fearsome thing, but it is also a thing to be welcomed…because the one who is our judge is also our redeemer.
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While it’s Christmas that the song says is the most wonderful time of the year, Advent is extraordinary time, a time in which God’s promise of salvation is proclaimed to everyone in exile.
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Revelation reminds us that as the Alpha and the Omega, God is for us from beginning to end.
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The death of Jesus on the cross climaxes the beginning of a new era, an era in which he himself is the temple, where he is our high priest who offers himself in sacrifice for us.
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The kingdom of God is about Jesus directing our attention to a poor widow rather than a rich young ruler, a generous donor to the temple treasury, or a well educated scribe.
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Whereas the law says, “Here, do this,” grace says, “Now hear this.”
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Faith empowers us to see ourselves as we truly are—forgiven, loved, and set free, as Bartimaeus is, to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
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For Jesus, glory is not drawing to himself an army but embracing the world with outstretched arms, with arms nailed to a cross.
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We don’t enter the kingdom of God through our own righteous effort; we receive it in complete dependence like a child.
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We too bear the mark of a scarlet letter upon our bodies. However, it is not an “A” for adultery that marks us but rather an “F” for forgiven.
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Jesus, our savior, is the one who took the millstone around his own neck on the cross, and in doing so extends God’s infinite grace to all...
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If you want to be before all others, then step to the back of the line. If you want to be lifted up, then fall to your knees.
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Suffering, rejection, and death. These are what the Son of God will subject himself to. These are divine things.
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