To seek the good of immoral, powerful people we must absorb injustice for the sake of peace. This is mercy. And yet, God doesn’t expect us to pick up the tab for someone else’s offenses. Instead, he first supplies us with the mercy he means for us to dispense.
Category: Bible
A Greeting from God our Savior
With his very first words Paul drops the peg that the God of the Old Testament is God our Savior. Jesus doesn’t save us from him but instead is the agent of a salvation God created us for.
The Letter to the Letter to the Ephesians
While I was preaching, I never went through the pastoral letters (1Tim, 1Tim, Titus). So, I thought I would do a devotional series through the book of 1 Timothy which I’m calling, “The Letter to the Letter to Ephesians.”
The Man Clothed in Linen
The LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim.” In Ezekiel 10:2 quoted above, the prophet has been watching the ministry of “the man clothed in linen.” He’s introduced in the previous chapter like this: Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, “Bring near those… The…… Continue reading The Man Clothed in Linen
The Kingdom of the Gospel – Galatians 1:8-9
God can be trusted to guide his people directly through the gospel as interpreted in their context by the Holy Spirit. Really, this is the only way to defend the gospel and the community it produces.
Sprung – Galatians 1:3b-5
Would you buy alien invasion insurance? A recent Gallup poll revealed that a significant percentage of Americans believe that aliens have visited the earth. Even so, I bet alien invasion insurance would be a tough sell especially if the premiums were very high. Two factors mitigate its appeal. Nobody’s ever experienced one. Aliens might be…… Continue reading Sprung – Galatians 1:3b-5
Family Ties – Galatians 1:3a
The citizens of God’s new society are free from the conforming pressures of culture because the culture of God’s kingdom is unity in diversity.
Free Association – Galatians 1:1-2
We must become free from our community to become good, but we become good to contribute to our community.
Divine DNA – DDWJWD Part 7
We must stop asking, “What would Jesus do?” if we’re going to become like Jesus.
Multiple Personality Design – DDWJWD Part4
Even if millions of Jesus clones could somehow produce a functioning society, his example would still fail to address the vast array of choices and experiences even within the life of one individual. Consider this admittedly-hard-to-follow quote from the singular mind of John Oman: But, when we imagine that we can finally direct our lives…… Continue reading Multiple Personality Design – DDWJWD Part4
Nathan Wilkerson 