Infinite, in a womb Creator, sealed in a tomb What! The Lord of vict'ry hanging on a tree? This dread, who can condone? Weep not, O, you are stone The Lord of joy and life slain in battle-strife Hear this, you skies, and crack You seas, and hush in shock The King of endless days …
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Celibacy, Hospitality, and Church Leadership
What is “Church Leadership?” What does it even mean? Why do so many (at least in Evangelical circles of various denominations) consider lifelong dedicated celibacy so lowly? Why is it something almost no one considers, while marriage is lauded everywhere? Why is it something no one sees and no one is encouraged to consider? Maybe …
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Heaven: To See the Face of God in Christ and Be Like Him
“I shall see Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied when I awake after Thy likeness.” “Little children, it is not yet manifest what we shall be, but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” “Thou hast made them to be a …
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Ask Not About Assurance: Know the Son (Thoughts on 1st John)
“God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son... this is the testimony He has given us concerning His Son: whoever has the Son has eternal life. Whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Little children, I am writing these things to you who believe in …
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Loving Soldiers and All Men and Why Christians Cannot Go to War
We are made to love the Lord God with all our hearts, and to love our neighbors as our own selves. That means all of our neighbors – all fellow human beings are our neighbors, the children of Adam and Eve and our brothers and sisters, created in the image and likeness of God Himself, …
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What It Really Means to Take the Name of the Lord in Vain
“You shall not take the name of YHWH your God in vain.” “Father, hallowed be Your Name.” God is Holy. His Greatness – His Truth – His Love – His Goodness, all these call us to approach Him and to speak His Name with reverence and with joy, not flippantly, not carelessly, but meaning what …
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Love’s Choice: A Story
I am Lavinnia. Somehow I found myself near the front of the crowd as all of us moving through the streets made way for the soldiers coming down the street. I saw the captive they dragged with them in irons. In a moment, I loved her. She was a fellow human being, and I saw …
Do You Want to Know Goodness and Love?
How many of you who deny or reject God would want, if it were possible, to know, love, and serve a Being who not only loves but was the very incarnation of Love, a Person who not only was good but was goodness itself? If you've read other writings of mine, most of the time …
The Wrath of the Love of God
God is Love. The wrath of God is what His Love looks like from the vantage point of evil, of that which would threaten or destroy the beloved. Thus, there is no conflict at all between the wrath of God and the Love of God. God's wrath demands nothing other than what His love demands. …
Salvation: Atonement is Union
“You are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, provided you share in His sufferings so that you may also share in His glory.” “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God and they shall reign upon the earth.” “All things are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ is …
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