Tag: Surrender
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The Space Surrender Creates – On Lent
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.” – Matthew 6:16 Ash Wednesday sprung up on me out of nowhere this week. I woke up and began my day without…
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November Musings – Reflections on Hebrews
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” – Hebrews 11:39-40 In a world that demands immediate satisfaction, it can be difficult to be on the working end.…
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On the Significance of God’s Righteousness
“God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the…
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