After telling about Jesus’ incarnation, resurrection, and ascension, Luke shifts the spotlight to the apostles—the ones the Lord entrusted with carrying the gospel from Jerusalem, out into Judea and Samaria, and eventually to the ends of the earth. But before the mission could move forward, something had to be addressed: the vacancy left by Judas. … Continue reading Acts 1:12-26: Judas, Matthias, and the Significance of the Twelve Apostles
Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…
In devil’s dungeon chained I layThe pangs of death swept o’er me.My sin devoured me night and dayIn which my mother bore me.My anguish ever grew more rife,I took no pleasure in my lifeAnd sin had made me crazy. Then was the Father troubled soreTo see me ever languish.The Everlasting Pity sworeTo save me from … Continue reading Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…
Why Did Jesus Thrice Ask Peter “Do You Love Me?”
The previous post looked at Christ reconciliation of the wayward disciple. This post will take a closer look at Christ restoration of Peter. Simon’s open denial of Christ can hardly be misconstrued as a minor infraction. It is in the company of another disciple and before the eyes of Jesus that thrice Peter denies being … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Thrice Ask Peter “Do You Love Me?”
Peter Denies Christ and The Wayward Disciple Reconciled
Peter’s denial and return to Christ is among the most gripping and grace-saturated happenings in all of Scripture. In them we find Cephas, one of the prominent followers of Jesus, experiencing the shame of failure but discovering the betrayed Son of God risen from the dead calling out for the wayward son to come back.
Frederick Douglas: I love the Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land.
What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest, possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, … Continue reading Frederick Douglas: I love the Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land.
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