Tag: faith hope and love
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Good Friday
Early on we learn that faith is a risk; much later we learn the price of this risk. … Having faith means believing that He fills all space, that no leap can cast me out of His arms. Having faith means believing that He knows everything, that before I arrive He runs through the infinitely…
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“What Are We Waiting For?”
Thankfully and joyfully, the kingdom of heaven is a present reality as much as it is a future expectation
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“A People Prepared for the Lord”
Zechariah reminds us: it’s hard – but not impossible – to accept the good news of the gospel in today’s world
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“Night and Shining Armor”
“the full armor of God” is really indistinguishable from the Christian life – “putting it on” means taking up that way of life of faith and hope and love in the strength of a gracious God
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“Living by Faith(fulness)”
the Biblical authors meant something different by “faith” than modernity’s notion of “believing things without proof”
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“Not Attached to Normal”
we are called to live our normal lives as people who are prepared to lay them aside at a moment’s notice
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“Not a Fire and Brimstone Sermon”
we do not need to fear difficult scriptural texts, if we read the Bible through the confidence of faith
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“Signs Visible and Invisible”
A recurring theme in the epistle to the Colossians is the reality – and importance – of things invisible …
Matters of Interpretation 