Romans Update
Romans is one of my favorite books of the Bible. It’s full of theology AND practical application, so it’s rather dense and meaty to get through. But I love the word choice, the rhythm, and the...
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So… what’s “sticking” to me as I read and reread Romans? Here’s something “sticky” from Romans 1.18-23, 28-32: But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying...
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Some sticky words from Romans 8 (The Message): With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-there-for-us no longer have to live under a...
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More from Romans 8 (The Message): God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son....
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Sigh.. more from Romans (my current “happy place”). Excerpts from Romans 9 (The Message): “I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where...
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Have you ever spent a month reading and re-reading one book of the Bible? Ten years ago one of my girlfriends introduced me to the idea with what she called “the Romans Challenge”. As she explained it...
View ArticleJonah in October
Are you up for it? Now that it’s October, it’s time to start reading another book of the Bible. In August I read Romans and September’s book of the month was Galatians. Now that October is here, I’m...
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Constant Conversation
While riding the F subway home last night, I read the evening devotional from Charles Spurgeon’s classic devotional Morning and Evening. One of my dear friends, Beth, sent it to me a few years ago, and...
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Room to Breathe
Wide Open Fields in Wauseon, OH in 2010 Have you ever walked into a room or a situation and felt like you suddenly had room to breathe? Perhaps you’ve experienced the feeling of being led into wide...
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The Whole Story
“the whole story”… there’s a sense of freedom in that, isn’t there? I’m glad you focused on this part Staci. The idea of Jesus wanting to hear the details, the parts that I think are important and...
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