In the Life of Christ Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount without leaving us a comfortable place to remain neutral. He does not end with a pleasant illustration followed by a polite invitation to think about it later. Instead, He places before us two gates, two roads, two kinds of fruit, two professions ofContinue reading “The Sermon That Demands an Answer”
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When Mercy Adds What Judgment Takes Away
As the Day Ends As the day quiets and the noise of decisions, conversations, and unspoken thoughts begins to settle, Scripture invites us to examine not only what we have done, but how we have measured others along the way. The saying that God’s New Testament math specializes in addition and multiplication rather than subtractionContinue reading “When Mercy Adds What Judgment Takes Away”