How can you call God just when you read the parable of the laborers in the vineyard . . . or when you read the parable of the prodigal son . . . Where is God’s justice? Here is the fact that while we were sinners Christ died for us.
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“Our Daily Bread” has four distinct layers of meaning: the material sustanence, the scriptures, Christ himself, and the gathered church community.
The Lord’s Prayer – Give Us Our Daily Bread Read More »
This petition represents the completion of our salvation as contained in the three Thou petitions – His Name is Hallowed, His Kingdom Comes, and His Will is therefore Done.
The Lord’s Prayer – Thy Will be Done Read More »
God’s Kingdom refers to 1) the completion of our sanctification, 2) the coming eschatological reign of Christ, and 3) the church.
The Lord’s Prayer – Thy Kingdom Come Read More »
The hollowing of God’s name can be seen as either an internal action worked within the soul of the believer or an external action taken by us.
The Lord’s Prayer – Hallowed be thy Name Read More »
Jesus instructs us that we relate to God not through a sovereign-subject relationship nor a relationship based upon blood-lineage, but based upon a personal familial relationship.
The Lord’s Prayer – Our Father who art in Heaven Read More »
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites . . . . Pray then like this:
The Lord’s Prayer – Modeling Prayer Read More »
Although Paul speaks of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit throughout his letters, the benediction to this letter is the only place where the three are invoked within this same formula.
2 Corinthians 12-13, pt.2 Read More »
We’ll keep exploring issues of apostolic authority and the ways in which Paul made an appeal for his own apostolic authority to the Corinthian church.
2 Corinthians 12-13, pt.1 Read More »
Within this chapter, we find the confluence of many themes that occur in Paul’s other letters.
2 Corinthians 10, pt.2 Read More »
