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Grace: a Working Definition
Grace: (n.) God’s unmerited favor. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ~1 Corinthians 1:3 The Problem With Grace Grace thrives on love. Grace is the...
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My Biblical Heroes: Rahab
The wall of Jericho is solid and thick, stone. I live in its western-facing side, not quite in the city, not quite out. My name is Rahab and I am an outcast: I am a harlot. When the sun burns red and...
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My Serious First World Problem
I have a serious First World problem: My ears are all wrong for the 21st Century: they’re too stinking small to accommodate ear buds. I’m defective. Clearly, I should have been born at least a hundred...
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My Biblical Heroes: Agur
I have just enough wits to know that I am stupid, which is sort of cruel on Your part, when I dwell on it. I’m not a fierce warrior or a romantic poet or a powerful prince. I am not wise or learned. I...
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My Biblical Heroes: Isaac
I Am the Child of Promise. The Chosen One Elect and Predestined A prince of peace He said, though, (Mocking me?) “I came not to send peace, But a sword.” (His voice sounds just like mine.) Burdened, I...
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Either / Or
“Either God is good, or He isn’t”. Soft, safe, tamed. (In the Language of Flowers, the red rose means “I love you.” Without thorns, it means the giver has loved the recipient since they first saw...
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Good for Nothing
“Santa’s watching: you’d better be good.” I hate that sentence. Using the idea that the reason to be good is because you will be rewarded for your behavior destroys the purity of goodness. To motivate...
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