Jesus rewrote the book of love through the cross. For those who are his, Jesus has rewritten our story. He hasn’t just corrected the mistakes of our existing story. He’s given us a whole new story. From Fleming Rutledge. What the church needs to hear is the radical message of the good news not only …
Comradeship was not the reason that Jesus went to the cross. Comradeship is the outcome of Jesus going to the cross. He doesn’t die because we were friends to him, we become his friends through his death. From Fleming Rutledge. In the cross of Christ, we see something revolutionary, something that undercuts not just conventional …
Fleming Rutledge reflects on the aptness of Advent and Christmas taking place during the depths of the northern hemisphere’s winter through days of extending darkness, so close to the longest night of the year. In Australia we celebrate Christmas just after the longest day, it is 8.30pm and the homes festooned in seasonal lights still …
The idea that Jesus’ second coming is to rescue his people from the suffering that this dark world inflicts on us is an important hope. So is the reality that Jesus’ second coming will rescue his people from the darkness that dwells within us. As time goes by the second aspect of the rescue means …
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