God, through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and his Holy Spirit within us, can heal even our consciences.
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Why would God stoop to put on human flesh and come to heal us as we live in this sin-filled earth? Why condescend to live among us, to be one of us, to die for us? Because of love.
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The only way not to be an assembly-line, form-punched replica of the current model of human that our world is producing is to be transformed.
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This post first appeared at Seriously Write. Every single one of us is broken. First, as members of Adam’s race, we are all broken by sin. Our sins and resultant weaknesses leak out of us daily throughout our lives, even …
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Hebrews 5-7, Part 6 I awakened long before sunrise and lay staring into the darkness. The lab results from the CT of my heart were devastating, and I now feel like a walking time bomb. How much time do I …
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Returning to Hebrews, Part 5. It happens in the early chapters of Genesis, the story of God’s work of salvation on behalf of mankind barely beginning to be told. Abram, whom God later renames Abraham, has a nephew who has …
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The Lord judges all the thoughts and intentions of our hearts. Yet, he still loves us. Nothing about his passion for us changes.
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Hebrews, Part 3. When we were legalists with long lists of rules to keep and actions to avoid, we thought we had it all figured out. Everyone was beneath us, we were told, as we embarked on a whole new …
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Returning to Hebrews, Part 2 Two weeks ago, we grappled with the significance of the fulfillment of God’s promises through Jesus Messiah and of our need to reflect on him (Part 1). He changes everything. To consider him constantly throughout …
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Hebrews, Part 1. Imagine you live in a culture where Christianity is forbidden. The authorities have taken possession of your homes and have imprisoned the elders of your family units. This has happened more than once, and the effort to …
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