Tag: merciful
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The Beatitudes
Last week we finished the prelude to Jesus’ preaching ministry and began looking at His public preaching ministry. Today we will begin working through what has become popularly known as Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount.” This sermon is probably the most famous and most quoted from sermon in the whole of the Bible. Jesus has…
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What separation from God really means
When I was in college I had on of the oddest dreams. In the dream, I woke up and had an immense craving for skittles. I walked into the kitchen, opened up the pantry and chose one bag of candy from the stacks and stacks that were there. I opened the bag and enjoyed the…
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God is not merciful?
There seems to be a certain ditch where modern day readers get stuck. As we observe the Old Testament text, there is such a display of God’s power and of God’s righteous judgment that they, at least according to our limited perception, overshadow His grace and mercy. If the God of the Old Testament…