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Category Archives: Forgiveness
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on … Continue reading
Posted in Cross of Christ, Easter, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Humility, Jesus Christ, Love of God, Reconciliation, Repentance, Salvation
Tagged Cross of Christ, Easter, Faith, Forgiveness, Grace, Humility, Jesus Christ, Love for Christ, Love for God, Love of God, Reconciliation, Repentance, Salvation
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Man of Sorrows
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds … Continue reading
Posted in Cross of Christ, Easter, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Hope, Jesus Christ, Life in Christ, Love of God, Salvation
Tagged Cross of Jesus, crucifixion of jesus, Easter, God's love, Gospel, Jesus the Savior, Salvation
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It Causes Me to Tremble
They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. When they had crucified him, they divided … Continue reading
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Immanuel–God with Us (Part 3)
The Creator coming in the flesh in itself is outrageous, incomprehensible. The purpose of His coming is all the more outrageous and incomprehensible. “He humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:6-8). The Son of … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cross of Christ, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Hope, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, Love of God, Reconciliation, Salvation, Sovereignty of God
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Angry with God, Forgiving God
(August 2, 2015, this Sunday, will mark seven years since our grandson Sully, fifteen months old, died. For thirteen months he battled leukemia. His illness, his suffering, his death, challenged my faith as it had never been challenged. I first … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, God, Grief and Faith, Suffering and Faith
Tagged Anger with God, Grief, Grief and Faith, Suffering, Suffering and Faith
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The Grace and the Call of the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ
In the March 2013 issue of Christianity Today magazine, Jordan Monge shares her journey, as a student at Harvard, from atheism to faith in Jesus Christ (“The Atheist’s Dilemma”, pages 88, 87). She first came to belief in the existence … Continue reading
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Jesus Set His Face to Go to Jerusalem
“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51 ESV). The time was drawing near for the completion of the mission and the purpose of Jesus’ life. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, Salvation
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Forgiving God?
(This is the tenth and final entry of a series on forgiveness. The purpose is twofold. First to help us understand and be as patient as God with the grief, anger, and doubts of those who are going through a … Continue reading
Forgiving Yourself
(This is the ninth entry of a series on forgiveness.) “Do you dare release the person you are today from the shadow of the wrong you did yesterday? … Continue reading
On The Other Side of Forgiveness
(This is the eighth entry of a series on forgiveness. Repentance.) HONESTY. Forgiveness is honest, severely honest. None of us want to be on the other side of forgiveness. We do not want to be the target of the severe … Continue reading
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Journey through the Shadowlands 