A graceless heart can be at the centre of what appears to be a commendable life. Not demonstrably bad, even hardworking and knowledgeable. But graceless hearts grumble. From Jared Longshore at Founders Ministries: Jesus found grumbling so off putting that he lined up three parables to fix it. We are commanded in the Bible to …
The heart of the Bible is not about emulating heroes. It’s about convicting you about, Jesus, the hero you need. From Aaron Earles: If we are honest we are ourselves, we can easily find ourselves in the pages of the Bible—just not among the heroes. We are the failures, the rejects, the idolaters, the sinful, …
People from modern western culture can find themselves defined as the sum of what they can do. This can have devastating effects on perceptions of those who are not able to be actively productive. Aged people, for instance, feel profoundly diminished if their capacities fail. Michael Jensen reminds us that in God’s Kingdom there are …
Those who have received the Word of Life speak words of life to others. From Dane Ortlund: After all, when Paul says, “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up,” what is the “therefore” referring to? What is fueling such encouragement? One of the greatest exultations in all the New Testament about the hope …
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