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When we cling to despair
Let us cling to the One who stripped Himself of all His deserved glory, who endured the beatings, mockings, and scornings, who was slain in our place, that we might have perfect communion and everlasting peace with the Father.
The penal substitution of forgiveness
If Jesus can substitute Himself to take on the penalty we deserve so that our sins against a holy God may be atoned, who are we to turn to another and say that they must receive their penalty for their sins against us?
Quiet, sylvan, constant (Confessions part III)
There will, after all, be a day,
A burning, sylvan, quiet day, in which
I step out of this dark wood and into
the light, to see the stars, and the great moon.
When He breathed life into our bones
You’ve never felt a silence quite so loud as this, a silence weaving in and out of rotting skulls that lay decaying, a silence rendering multitudes hauntingly wordless in the scorched heat.
Can these bones live?
Philemon’s Hidden Gospel
In most Bibles, Philemon is just a page long with 25 verses. In spite of its length, the Lord simultaneously displays the rich intricacy and concision of the Gospel.
A new normal
Though my salvation was bought and secured one time, there is still a part of the Christian walk that includes choosing to define ourselves by Jesus again and again, repeatedly choosing newness—willingly stepping into a new normal.
Joy, Deeply Felt (Confessions part II)
Happiness is fleeting and small, and while joy is everlasting and immense, it would also be empty—in fact, it would not be itself—were it not for its desired, God.
The Castle frat party incident is a symptom of our own depravity
What is the only way for Penn’s culture of depravity to change? If we change. What is the only way we will change? By being born again. By trusting in Christ alone. By dying to our old selves and being made alive in Christ.
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