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The Glorification of Christ in the Failure of American Democracy
A few days ago I was in Philadelphia, visiting the plethora of historical sites from independence hall to the steps that Rocky made famous. But as I walked through the Independence Museum, listened to the park ranger paint the picture of the first congressional meetings in Independence Hall and examined the crack in the liberty [...]
Treasure hidden in a field
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Jesus says in Matthew 13:44 that “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
Notice the man’s reaction to the treasure, “in his joy.” [...]
Jonathan Edwards on Penal Substitution
Jonathan Edwards from his work Of Satisfaction for Sin:
Justice requires that sin be punished, because sin deserves punishment. What the demerit of sin calls for, justice calls for; for it is only the same thing in different words. For the notion of a desert of punishment, is the very same as a just connexion with [...]
Do we live in the context of the resurrection?
The older I get the more I realize how often I live my life as a disciple of Christ without really living it. After years of living as a Christian, going to church, praying, reading the Bible, the living part can all too often become passive. The fervor for Christ mellows and your works become [...]
Everything goes back to Jesus
Over at Miscellanies, Tony Reinke tells the story of how Mark Dever, facing a small group of people unsure about Christianity, answered a question by simply stating, “Yes, I do believe in that, because Jesus said it happened, and I’m with Jesus.”
Renkie goes on to show how the simplicity of “I’m with Jesus” can answer [...]
Why not rather suffer wrong?
I was reading through 1 Corinthians a few weeks ago and I was struck by a passage I have read countless times before.
6:1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will [...]