Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
Pontius Pilate famously asked Jesus a rhetorical, and probably cynical, question: “What is truth?” The context of this episode in John 18 is important. Jesus was being tried on trumped up charges by the religious leaders of the day. They knew they needed to charge him with a capital crime but nothing he had done …
Read More “What is truth?”I’m a sinner. I shared that last week. And I thank God that I now know I’m a sinner. That awareness was his gift to me that unblocked a logjam keeping me from faith. And who could have guessed that sin would be the gateway to relationship with God! What’s more, I now realize …
Read More … a sinner saved by graceI’m a sinner. And there’s no caveat coming to make it any less serious than it first sounds . . . a fact that shames and grieves me. If it weren’t for God’s mercies in Christ I would be buried by the pain of that reality. Yet in his mercy I find comfort and relief. …
Read More I’m a sinner . . .Social misconduct in the 1980’s—such as a man walking away from his marriage—was often linked to the notion of identity, as in “he’s having an identity crisis.” I’m not sure what light the label of ‘identity crisis’ actually shed on the man’s decision except to lift the onus a bit. “Not much to be done,” …
Read More An Identity CrisisI’m writing this at the beginning of December as a nudge: New Year’s day is coming and it’s a great time to launch a Bible read-through! So let me encourage you to pray and plan accordingly. Here’s my unsolicited advice: be very ambitious! A six-week reading of the entire Bible will have a dramatic impact …
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