Tag Archives: God’s love

New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 55 We must put bitterness and envy to death. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field (Genesis 3:1). Part of his craftiness is encouraging us to see sin as something that we do rather … Continue reading

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Coming Up Repentance

Forgiveness of sins does not, of itself, erase the need, in some contexts, for real, painful, and fitting consequences. If a man robs a bank and then throws himself on the mercy of God in Christ his sin will most … Continue reading

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Catechism 55; Resolutions; Partners

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 54- We must believe that all we experience God sends because He loves us. There are two great evils that travel side by side with hardship and suffering, two lies hissed by the forked tongue of the serpent. One … Continue reading

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Optimism; Body Diversity; All the World

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What If?

The Bible is faithful to tell us what has come to pass. It, in turn, rightly also tells us what will come to pass. Our faith can faithfully be summarized with these three affirmations, two historical, one future- Christ has … Continue reading

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Beating Bulver; Spirit of Christmas Presents

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God’s Good Pleasure

Ask RC: Does God take pleasure in the death of the wicked? Yes, and no. First, to the no. The Bible explicitly says exactly this, Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no … Continue reading

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7 Churches, Lisa & I on Virgin River ii, Hardness of Hardship

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 52 We must believe God loves us. Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim … Continue reading

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