reflections on the love that changes everything
All of God’s benefits to us—all the healing, redeeming, crowning, satisfying, and renewing he does within us—all spring forth from the forgiveness he accomplished for us through the life, death, and resurrection of God the Son, Jesus Christ. Only by embracing the incomprehensible vastness of our forgiveness can we fully inhabit the vast territory of our salvation.
And that is how a muted, broken soul finds its voice again — not by working up a confidence we don’t have, but by trusting the God whose righteousness has already been proven, in public, on our behalf: first at the Red Sea, and then at an empty tomb outside Jerusalem.
The reality of our guilt is not a matter of debate…. But what we do with our guilt depends in large part on the perception of God that we have in our heart. When we believe that God truly loves us and has our best interests at heart, we do what David does and openly bring our guilt to God.
Forgiveness — whether giving it or receiving it — does not begin with you or me. It begins with God, the God who sent Joseph ahead to preserve life, the God who sent Jesus into this world to pay for the full cost of forgiveness for all our sins. It is in Jesus where we most clearly see the loving, gracious, forgiving heart of God.
On Saturday, October 7, the world was confronted with the reality of evil as Hamas attacked Israel in ruthless and … More
The Gospel not only informs us, it transforms us.
It is only in community that we can fully become the new person that God intends for us to be.
It is not God who condemns us, it is our sin that condemns us. But Jesus has taken our sins away from us and given us new life in a new ship, and with him as our captain, he will safely pilot us to the safe harbor of the wonderful future he has in store for us.
The Holy Spirit quenches our thirst for forgiveness by helping us to trust in Jesus.
Resting in the new reality Jesus has given us, we have peace that surpasses all understanding.
