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A Cosmic Christmas
It’s Christmas, and my thoughts always turn to the cosmic. Why? 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. […]
The Effortlessness of Death
When we try to add some kind of personal moral effort back into our life as a Christian, it is like asking Joseph Stalin to come back to life to reform Russia. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness […]
Puppy Love and the Empowerment for Behavioral Righteousness
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:10 What does it mean to consider yourself dead to sin? It means, to reckon it as true, to think of yourself that way. But what is death to sin? First, let’s consider that we are under grace, […]
Movie Reflection: In Time
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ra2zF7n-28w This movie is meant to be a tale of the stark reality of the haves and the have-nots. However, I found it to be a fantastic parable for law and grace. There are going to be some spoilers here, but the movie has been out a while and you should have had some opportunity […]
Grace is the Magic Bullet
Grace is the magic bullet, the one solution for every problem. As Martin Luther wrote in his famous hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”, one little word shall fell him. That little word is mercy, and the one that little word defeats is Satan. Satan accuses, mercy forgives. Let’s suppose you are of the […]
Belief and Unbelief
28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” John 6:28-29 ESV After reading “The Root of All Sin” on Tullian Tchividians’s blog, I’ve been thinking about the […]
The Euthyphro Dilemma
No, this isn’t my next intrigue novel! This is a reference to one of Plato’s dialogs, where according to wikipedia Socrates asks, “Is the pious (τὸ ὅσιον) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” A more current monotheistic person would phrase the question […]
The Potter’s Hand
1 [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal My words to you.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel. 4 But the jar that he was making […]