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You‘re probably somewhat familiar with the idea behind the yin and the yang symbol. Part of the idea is that good and evil necessarily coexist. They always have coexisted, still do coexist, and always will coexist.
The Bible…
The prophet Jeremiah tells us that it’s the work of a false prophet to proclaim an easy and painless message of “Peace, peace!” when there is no peace (see Jeremiah 6.14; 8.11). Peace is not easy. Nor is it painless.…
The prophet Isaiah declares, “Share your food with the hungry and provide the poor wanderer with shelter… then your light will break forth like the dawn…”
This is a “theme verse” of sorts for the Grace and Peace…
The story of the church is a story full of men and women who learned wisdom from God’s Spirit and God’s Word, and then applied that wisdom with wit, skill, and beauty. Martin Luther is merely one example. Over the…
Mark Twain once said, “Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” Twain’s trademark cynicism often makes for witty observations about life in this fallen world, but the idea of faking sincerity is so pathetic that…
Lucy Brooks went to be with Christ (which is “far better” than life here — Philippians 1.23) on Sunday, May 11. It was Mother’s Day, and she was surrounded by her family as this world slipped away and the veil…
The Bible teaches us that Adam and Eve’s fall into sin was not just an isolated act of disobedience. Rather, it was an event of catastrophic significance for the whole of creation.
Romans 8 describes all of creation…