by admin | Nov 13, 2024 | Explorations, Section Seven
Paul continued to address the more intimate and pervasive issues of how one believes and how one obeys (Galatians 5:5, 6 ESV). For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor...
by admin | Nov 2, 2024 | Explorations, Section Seven
Love is punishment. That’s the lesson I learned quite well from my elders. As I grew I began to recognize that they were consoling one another and exhorting one another not to compromise with the world around them, a psychological world that was preaching a...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | Section Seven
I heard a sermon recently that transported me back to the fourth quarter of my seventeenth year. Actually, I heard it twice, but it didn’t click the first time. The sermon was from Genesis 19. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah receded into the fiery...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | Justice and Mercy, Section Two
When I focused on God’s law as the primary revelation of his will, justice and mercy seemed like oppositional concepts. Justice meant the uniform application of law (punishment mainly) and mercy was an exception to that uniform application. As justice increased...