Paradoxes and Weaknesses
I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
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Thy Mercy, My God
November 26, 2020 by Bronwyn Siebert
"Thank God he understands this above anyone else. God who did not spare his favorite Son, but sent him to die for us. He knows what sacrifice for the sake of reconciliation means. Cast yourself upon Him friends, trust his goodness, make the sacrifice. This year especially, may we all sing with assurance, “Thy mercy, my God is the theme of my song”....
Are You Feeling It?
November 18, 2020 by Luke Yeager
"But is Christianity’s main aim to help you feel better? The good news is no it is not! Praise God that Christianity is objective before it ever addresses the subjective experience. Our faith trusts in a savior who accomplished something in objective history. This good news is unchanging and complete, regardless of how you might feel on any given day. You are free from the endless cycle of your own feelings!" ...
Uncomfortable Love
August 3, 2017 by Joanna Hinks | Tags: gospel, love, home, Church, Change, Devotion, Bridegroom, Desire, Bride, Song of Solomon, El Hogar, Uncomfortable, albuquerque, Church blog
If I truly understand that God loves me, not just in some generic sense but intensely and personally, it changes everything. Love like that isn’t something that can be met with indifference, any more than I could respond to a marriage proposal with a shrug....
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October 12, 2016 by Pastor Jesse Harden | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, culture, Christ, Church, Race, Diversity, Ethnicity, Racism, Social Justice, Change
The Gospel not only reimagines race, it turns our conception of race in America on its head, completely upside down, and gives us a perspective and reality of a truly diverse people seen and celebrated for their distinctiveness while at the same time abolishing any and all disparity between them....
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