Tag: grace
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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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“The Artist’s Family”
hopefully we can see ourselves for who and what we are – works of art, made by a gracious, divine artist
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On Knowing What Good Is
Substance of a sermon based on Isaiah 55, preached at a small church in Southern Indiana on the Third Sunday in Lent, 2022 At first, this beautiful passage from the book of Isaiah might seem out of place in the very middle, the third Sunday in Lent. It’s awfully happy, for Lent. Yes, there are…
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Studying Romans 10 5-17
What is at stake for Paul, and for us, in Romans 10:5-17, the text we are studying for Sunday, August 1? In line with the summer’s overarching theme of “confident hope,” we could say it’s Paul’s hope for the salvation of Israel, which is the explicit concern of Romans 9-11. But upon reflection, we could…
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Reflecting on Romans 5 1-11
Can we see how Romans 5:1-11 supports “confident hope”? “Confident hope” is allegedly the stated theme of all the texts we are studying this quarter, but Romans 5:1-11 really brings that theme into focus. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few more questions about the text we might want to think…
Matters of Interpretation 