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The life-giving joy of forgiveness |
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By Paul Graham on
Sunday, September 23, 2007
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“Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” – Colossians 3:12-13
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The soul-sucking sin of selfishness. |
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By Paul Graham on
Saturday, March 24, 2007
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I was praying this morning, and thinking about my last lesson in Leviticus, or rather, God's lesson to me in Leviticus. Leviticus 16 - the Day of Atonement, the day where the high priest is able to approach God physically in the Holy of Holies....
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Leprous or living stones? |
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By Paul Graham on
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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As we read through Leviticus on Sunday nights over the last couple of months it has been obvious that there is an incredible treasure sometimes overlooked in the Old Covenant by those of us under the New Covenant. (Although in reality the New Covenant was always in effect, wasn't it... John 8:56, Gal 3:17, etc)
Leviticus 14 is full of powerful and significant imagery. The New Covenant promise spelled out in ritual and symbol for the people of Israel. The chapter opens with the process for cermimonial cleansing of a person who has had their leprosy cured. The ceremony involved two birds, wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop... with one bird slain in an earthen vessle, the remaining bird, wood, scarlet thread and hyssop dipped in the blood, which it bore away, flying upward over an open field toward heaven. A clear picture of Christ's redemptive work 1500 years before. (Hebrews 9:11-28)
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2 months and no blog! |
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By Paul Graham on
Monday, January 22, 2007
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Wow, time slips by. I'll thry and get a blog up here every couple weeks or so... if I don't... bug me about it. I am thinking about blogs in the context of conversation, and in that context, the conversations I romantically envision taking place in quiet pub in England with gentlemen like CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien discussing the character of God and the finer points of theology, as well as contemporary issues. Are blogs the millienial version of easy-chair conversations in a local? Anyway, the point being that the conversation itself is a significant part of the value. Or as Marshall Mcluhan would say... "the medium is the message". So I won't give up on continuing the conversation, even if it is a little one sided some days.
What I'm (just finished) reading: Radical Reformission, Mark Driscoll. 4/5 (look for a review soon)
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Hey Jude |
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By Paul Graham on
Saturday, October 21, 2006
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Well, teaching from Jude 1:5-7 was interesting this past Sunday. It was probably a little different for you too. Since we are teaching through the whole book, I didn't want to stray too far ahead in the book, which leaves us with those three verses and one topic... judgment.
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Closet prayer |
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By Paul Graham on
Saturday, September 09, 2006
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Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Many are familiar with this instruction regarding prayer, and I was just thinking about it again.
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570 News |
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By Paul Graham on
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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As I drove to pick up Isaac today I was tuned into 570 News. They happened to have a guest on the phone-in show discussing the Israel-Lebenon situation. It goes without saying the complexity of this is imense, and not solvable on a blog. But I felt compelled to phone in as a drove and got a chance to respond to a some of his (I feel) mistaken or misleading points.
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