The call to repent is a call to acknowledge I’m going the wrong way. It’s not a punishment, it’s a gracious invitation to stop, turn and come home. It’s a bittersweet familiar companion. There’s a grief of heart that comes from the conviction of wrong, a grief of heart that is amplified when offence to …
Winn Collier writes about the beatitudes as encouragements for those at the margins rather than a recipe of ‘be this and get that’. Why? To assure us that in the kingdom, we should never be undone by finding ourselves at the margins. From the post: The life Jesus announces really does turn everything topsy-turvy. Jesus …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lords’ Day 10 27. Q. What do you understand by the providence of God? A. The almighty and ever-present power of God whereby he still upholds, as it were by his own hand, heaven and earth together with all creatures, and rules in such a way that leaves and grass, rain and …
No one starts out with the intention of becoming bitter, writes Nancy Guthrie. To get there involves and accumulative process of gathering the hurts that will fuel a fire that will never stop burning. Guthrie tells of her own experience: No one ever says, “When I grow up, I want to be bitter.” But life …
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