Galatians is the pure distillation of the Gospel of God’s Unmerited, Unconditional, and Irresistible Grace. In this Gospel of Grace, Christ has set us free – Free from the Law and Free to Love Others.
A Sermon on the Freedom of Christ (Gal. 5:1, 13-25) Read More »
Penal Substitution works very well in a disenchanted world because it only requires a belief in God. We sin, sin needs to be punished, and Jesus takes that punishment. The Christus Victor model, however, requires a robust belief in the reality of Satan. We are imprisoned and overcome by Satan, and he must be paid off and destroyed. Christus Victor requires an enchanted understanding of the world.
Reviving Old Scratch – The White Witch & Christ’s Victory Read More »
In this Revelation, Christ reminds Julian with a “love and assurance of spiritual safekeeping” that although she will sin and thereby experience a separation from God, this separation is never the end because “all will be well.”
Revelations of Divine Love – Revelation Thirteen, pt.3 Read More »
Julian understands that the devil is still active in the world, but she sees that Christ’s victory means that whatever evil the devil does, God turns it into joy for us and sorrow for him.
Revelations of Divine Love – Revelations Two through Six Read More »
Ultimately, the prophetic imagination does not simply herald the reversal of the socio-economic order, but the overcoming of Death, Hell, and the spiritual forces of darkness.
The Prophetic Imagination – Energizing and Amazement in Jesus of Nazareth Read More »
When we pray the prayers we’ve been given by the church – the prayers of the psalmist and the saints, the Lord’s Prayer, the Daily Office – we pray beyond what we can know, believe, or drum up ourselves.
Prayer in the Night – Finding Compline: Nightfall Read More »
God’s intentional tarrying damns the bridesmaids who trusted that God would show up on time. Why? The only answer that we receive from the parable is the same that Job receives from the whirlwind: Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words? Job 38:2.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids Read More »
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir. Gal. 4:6-7
Galatians 4:1-11, pt.2 Read More »
So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian. Gal. 3:24-25
Galatians 3:15-30, pt.2 Read More »
James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised; only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do. Gal. 2:9-10
Galatians 2:1-14, pt.2 Read More »
