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“Paul simply refused to be pulled away from the gospel. The cross wasn’t merely one of Paul’s messages; it was the message. He taught about other things as well, but whatever he taught was always derived from, and related to, the foundational reality that Jesus Christ died so that sinners would be reconciled to God.”
~CJ Mahaney~
Living the Cross Centered Life (Colorado Springs, CO; Multnomah; 2006) p. 25.
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Albert Mohler shares 13 characteristics of maturity that define manhood. Great resource for fathers! Get “From Boy to Man: The Marks of Manhood” (Free PDF).
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Kindle Deal of the Day: A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God’s Sovereignty by Joni Eareckson Tada. FREE. (Remember: you can get a free Kindle reading device here).
In this eloquent account of her current struggle with physical pain, Joni Eareckson Tada offers her perspective on divine healing, God’s purposes, and what it means to live with joy. Over four decades ago, a diving accident left Joni a quadriplegic. Today, she faces a new battle: unrelenting pain. The ongoing urgency of this season in her life has caused Joni to return to foundational questions about suffering and God’s will. A Place of Healing is not an ivory-tower treatise on suffering. It’s an intimate look into the life of a mature woman of God. Whether readers are enduring physical pain, financial loss, or relational grief, Joni invites them to process their suffering with her. Together, they will navigate the distance between God’s magnificent yes and heartbreaking no—and find new hope for thriving in-between.
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I read a news clip tonight about a Syrian boy who escaped being shot in a massacre. How? He soaked his clothes with his brother’s blood while the gunmen shot the rest of his family. So, how can we escape the righteous anger of God toward us? How can we escape the second death which is hell? We must be soaked in the blood of God’s Lamb, that is, I must trust entirely in the shed blood of Christ as a payment for sins, even mine. Soaked! Nothing but the blood! Don’t suppose that church membership, baptism, good deeds or good intentions will merit you anything before God. God’s death angel ‘passed over’ the children of Israel (like a tornado that did not touch down). Why? Exodus 12:13b when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. By sincere faith, sprinkle your soul with the blood of the Lamb of God. . . . This is the essence of the good news, the gospel. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
~ Bob Jennings
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“Christ is not offered us merely as a Savior who does something for us, but he is offered us as Someone who, having done something for us, is himself the propitiation [Romans 3:25]. . . . It is not as if Christ handed you something and said, ‘Here is your redemption, here is your forgiveness,’ and then ran away, as a messenger hands a gift in at the door and the door shuts and away goes the messenger; he has done his job. Not a bit of it! It is Christ himself, the Worker, who comes to us himself. It is Christ personally who is our salvation. . . . It is Christ himself, personally, who comes to us with all the efficacy, the fruit of what he has done, and is the propitiation for our sin.” (William Still, The World Of Grace (Fearn, 1998), page 96.)
