I had banished the kid to the car for what I don’t even remember now…but in any case, I had considered his punishment ultimate. He would not be allowed to enjoy our fun day at the park. I took the girls on a walk through the wooded area near the bubbling brook and the rushingContinue reading “Forgiveness At Estabrook Park”
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PBS News and Other Stories that Helped Me Navigate 2020…Part 2
The following is Part 2 of a retrospective look at the News stories from 2020 that spoke to me about law & gospel in real life. You can read Part 1 here. Cable Car Confessionals Austrian priest, Christian Ohler has creatively found a way to reconcile heaven and earth by bringing absolution to those whoContinue reading “PBS News and Other Stories that Helped Me Navigate 2020…Part 2”
Midweek Meds | Satisfaction, Law, & Grace
We can no more satisfy the demands of God’s Law by our obedience than we can exhaust the depths of His grace with our sin… It is Finished
Midweek Meds | Grace in Abundance
Your storehouse of sin is not more exhaustive, well-stocked, or comprehensive than God’s surplus of mercy. All the problems in your life stem from forgetting the gospel…all your righteousness consists of being reminded. It is Finished.
Midweek Meds | Romans 6:11-13
“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as thoseContinue reading “Midweek Meds | Romans 6:11-13”
Midweek Meditations | ‘The Obedience of Christ’
Just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:19 There is nothing in The Law Christ didn’t fulfill in His obedience. There is nothing in your life He didn’t forgive in His death. There is noContinue reading “Midweek Meditations | ‘The Obedience of Christ’”
Midweek Meditations | ‘Law, Grace, and the Power of God…’
The condemning, right-handed power of the Law is temporary while the left-handed forgiving power of grace is eternal. Ellery Aguayo
Midweek Meditations | ‘Being Right’
Our incessant need to be right can only be overcome by the incredible news we are forgiven. It Is Finished.
Morning Devotion: Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 The 7th command cannot empower you to remain faithful to your spouse. The law can only produce what it prohibits – it can never restrain that which it restricts. We hear the words of Jesus, “But I say unto you, whoever looks at another to lust…” and immediatelyContinue reading “Morning Devotion: Exodus 20:14”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 