Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
This post repeats an entry offered on the Cor Deo site. Please offer any responses by clicking on that site, not here. Thanks! A benefit of moving from time to time comes in seeing things in a new light. Life in Spokane, Washington, for instance, was dramatically different for me as a teenager than life …
Read More A New PerspectiveThe lady was angry. “You don’t tell me what I’m expected to do! All you do is talk about God!” It was an awkward moment. I had preached that morning with heartfelt commitment to the Christ-centered focus the text offered. And beforehand I had prayed for God’s gracious presence to be among us touching hearts. …
Read More The Lonely SpiritThis entry repeats the leading entry on our Cor Deo site. If you would like to respond please click to go to that site: thanks! Cor Deo The 17th century Puritan preacher, Richard Sibbes, was brilliant in his exposure of the human condition: “Oh! We should dismount from the tower of our conceited excellency. The …
Read More Our ConceitHow do caterpillars turn into butterflies or tadpoles turn into frogs? The term we use for the change is metamorphosis. With that in mind I was intrigued years ago by a study I did on Christ’s transformation on the Mount of Transfiguration. I found that the underlying Greek word for the transfiguration comes from the …
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