As the Day Ends “But David remained at Jerusalem.” —1 Chronicles 20:1 Those few words introduce a season whose painful details appear in 2 Samuel 11–12: David’s adultery with Bathsheba and his arranging Uriah’s death. Chronicles passes over those events, but its silence does not explain why. We should therefore receive the comfort of forgivenessContinue reading “Rest Beyond Yesterday’s Failures”
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When the Accuser Points Backward
On Second Thought “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” —Romans 8:1 The breastplate was not ornamental equipment for a Roman soldier. It covered the chest and guarded the organs that sustained life. A soldier could survive a bruise to the arm or a cut to the leg, butContinue reading “When the Accuser Points Backward”