Like Jacob, our instinct is often to grasp for that which we’ve already been given…. Or like Esau we hold too lightly the priceless grace that we’ve been given.
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This is how God so often comes to us…not in peals of thunder and flashes of lightning but in the mundane, in the ordinary…
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The place where Abraham most feared to tread, the place where his faith in God was about to cost him everything, became the place where God provided.
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Even though she is an outsider, Hagar’s story is woven into the grand narrative of God’s grace for insider and outsider alike
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The gospel of Jesus Christ is not funny, but it is a laughing matter…a cause for joy, a reason to celebrate.
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So Abram went. Upon those three words hinges the hope of the whole fallen world.
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The only thing that defines you, ironically, has nothing to do with you; rather it is what God has done for you in Jesus Christ that is your defining trait.
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When we rebel against the rule of love that God has ordained for all things, chaos ensues.
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The important thing is that the Holy Spirit gives us the gifts we need to serve the community where we are.
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Here again we see the irony of the gospel at work. Gospel glory does not wear a crown, it’s nailed to a cross.
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We make idols to put a face on our gods, but the true God has already done that for us in Jesus Christ.
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Stephen is a martyr not only because he suffered and died for Jesus Christ, but because of the way that his death bears witness to Christ.
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Jesus, who went before us into that dark valley, now prepares a table before us, even as our enemies still surround us.
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In meeting them on the Emmaus road, in opening the scriptures to them, in revealing himself in the breaking of the bread, Jesus reframes their expectations and reorients their hope.
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The good news is that your forgiveness is none of your business because Jesus has made it his.
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Were we there when God raised him from the tomb? We were not, but we are here now. And even still, it causes us to tremble.
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Victory in the kingdom of God is often unrecognizable to the world. Redemption appears as rejection, salvation as suffering and sacrificial love.
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Jesus did not come to delay death, he came to defeat it…and one day he will come again…to destroy it entirely.
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The irony is hiding in plain sight—a blind man sees but everyone who sees is blind to the good news of what Jesus has done.
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They are the words of someone who has drunk from the well of Jesus’ love, mercy, and compassion and will never thirst again.
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