Tag: Mercy
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Cultural Rot Means the Work is Different
Things are not the same as they once were. In fact, they are vastly different. The immediate response might be to shake your head and think the young’uns are just foolish. While I would agree that there is a whole lot of foolishness being exhibited right now. I would also say that we don’t get…
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Thoughts On The Three Wise Men
What I want to do is take a look at the different characters in this story and their response to the Good News. What we will see is that the wise trust and worship the Savior.
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The Eternal Warning Label on Covid-19
Warning labels exist to tell us that danger is ahead. They tell us to think about what we are doing in that moment and that a wrong decision could cost us dearly. I heeded the warning not to take pain killers before driving after I’d had my knee surgery. I’m sure many of you have…
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I Am Thankful For Salvation
One summer day, while in High School, some friends of mine and my brother were in a car together. We were making a movie that we thought was quite humorous. That day, for the first time in my life, I understood what it meant to be thankful for being saved from doom in this life.…
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I Am Thankful That I Exist
I am thinking through reasons to be thankful over the next few days. I have been blessed beyond belief and know that. Yet, this time of year forces me to examine my life and give that a little extra consideration. And, I am writing that here, for all to see. Or, like 5 people to…
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Rest From The Weariness
Moralism is tedious and draining. And there is an obvious reason for it being draining. It is an attempt to do an impossible climb of good deeds to God, or at least better than the other people around (I hope you’re thinking about the Pharisee and the Publican right now). The thought of it is…
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You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.
The thing I want to discuss is the reaction to her. Kim Davis has been labeled a hypocrite for a reason that seems right. She has been divorced, not once but three times. With a record like that the hypocrisy label stuck quite nicely.
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A Time To Reset And Consider The Glorious Story Of Our Salvation In the Exodus And Conquest
The New Heavens and New Earth that believers will live in for eternity is the Promised Land. It is a place completely and totally devoted to the Lord. The enemies conquered were sin and death. The means by which He brings people into this glorious Promised Land is His finished work. The means of His…
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The Doctrine Of Justification And The Snowfall
I am watching fresh snow cover the ground as I write this. The dark snow pile that was covered by dirt has once again been made gleaming white. The neighbor’s cat poop that was in our yard before the snow fell has even been covered and is now a bright and pure white. I once…
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A Cloud With No Rain – Luther’s Take On A Wrong View Of The Law
The problem with the Law is that it seems to overpromise. As Luther says here, it “promises rain but gives none”. We will oftentimes get in the mindset of working as hard as we can to earn God’s favor by keeping the Law as best we can. We forget that we can’t keep God’s Law…
