Tag: Salvation
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A Time To Reset And Consider The Glorious Story Of Our Salvation In The Reign Of David
When we begin to ponder what this means it is staggering. Jesus has come and will reign over God’s Kingdom forever. This King has come and made a way for us to be in His Kingdom through His life, death, and resurrection. If we trust in Him we are united with Him and brought into…
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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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A Time To Reset And Consider The Glorious Story Of Our Salvation In Genesis
One of the things that has really stuck with me this year is the outworking of God’s salvation that culminated in Christ. The story of our salvation goes back much further than Jesus at Gethsemane…or even His birth. It reaches back to the Garden of Eden and the rest of the book of Genesis.
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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…
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What You Think Of People Will Affect How You Raise Your Children?
If I am honest, I have to say that sometimes I do not discipline my children as I should. I am guessing that I am not alone in this either.
