Grace has to be the total paradigm, mix it with anything else and it can’t exist. From Paul Zahl. How can grace end-run its way around standards and yardsticks? It sounds unfair. It is unfair, but it is completely unfair. It is the other side of the law, which is total grappling, a totally unsuccessful …
Kyle Borg poses a question based on reflection about Philemon verse 7: “For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you” (emphasis added). What am I to my brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus? Do I refresh or weary …
Most of the time questions about seeking God’s will for our lives revolve around questions about what we should do. Jen Wilkin suggests the more pressing question the Bible deals with has to do with God’s will for what we should be. It’s not that “what should we do?” is wrong, but “what should we …
I’m an accumulator. But I know it won’t make me satisfied. Neither would getter rid of all my stuff. From Wyatt Graham at Gospel Coalition Canada: [Accumulation or Minimalism as] options to happiness are modern. But there is an older way of life that promises freedom like minimalism does and joy like accumulation does. Central …
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