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Envisioning the Beloved Society

Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New (1 John 2:7-8) Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith (1 John 2:9-11) Envisioning the Beloved Society (1 John 2:12-14) John summarizes all that he has said to this point in a poem in 1 John...

Numbers, Nearness, and Holiness

Biblically speaking, humanity’s nearness to God is more complicated than we often imagine. For example, the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” would suggest that closeness to God is always a good thing, but this simply is not the case. Rather, the Bible...

Blessed Ascension Sunday!

Today is Ascension Sunday, and I was pleased that my church celebrated Christ’s Ascension and included a part of the Heidelberg Catechism on the subject: Question 49. Of what advantage to us is Christ’s ascension into heaven? Answer: First, that he is our...

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