"I am extremely interested in the rights of the unborn, but my passion for life does not stop when a baby emerges from his or her mother's womb." J. Perkins (For full quote, click on the link below.)
Tag: redemption
Quote of Note #244: Christlike Manhood
"It's not biblical manhood that men should aspire to but Christlike manhood. If we speak of biblical manhood, who is our pattern? Abraham? Moses? David? Elijah? With their propensity for deceit, anger, adultery, and violence? No, Jesus alone is our model of redeemed manhood." Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: the … Continue reading Quote of Note #244: Christlike Manhood
Bible Note #68: Acts 9:1-19–God’s Amazing, Undeserved Grace
"The gracious acceptance of the God whom he’d persecuted, the compassionate healing of the God whose people Saul had killed, the love of God filled and restored this wretched and broken man. This is the very gospel of Christ in all its beauty and in all its power." (For the full post, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #241: “No Ordinary People”
" It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. . . ." C. S. Lewis (For full quote, click the link below.)
Bible Note #67: God Won’t Abandon Us
"Lord Jesus, our good Shepherd, don’t let us wander away from you. Don’t let us think that we are far from you and forgotten. Instead, enable us to know that you are always near and busy about the work of making all things new. Amen." (For full post, click the link below.)
Bible Note #66: God’s Big Vision in Jesus
"Help us to display the humility and compassion of the heart of Jesus, which is far more powerful than anything the “great ones” of the earth put on display. Lift our small vision above our own small borders, so that we might catch a vision of your all-encompassing, world-transforming goodness. Amen."
Bible Note #64: Zechariah 7:9-10–A Rightly Ordered Society in God’s Eyes
"One of the primary tasks God gave to the prophets in ancient Israel was to instruct the people of Israel on how to order their society so that it reflected God’s heart and mind. These verses from the prophet Zechariah are a prime example of that." (For the full post, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #234: True Biblical Justice
"I've come to understand that justice is an act of reconciliation that restores any part of God's creation to its original intent, purpose, or image." J. Perkins
Quote of Note #233: Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins
"There is no sin, and there can be no sin on all the earth which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant!" F. Dostoevsky (click link below for full quote)
Quote of Note #229: To Build Something Beautiful Together
"I'm an old man, and this is one of my dreams: that my descendants will one day live in a land where people are quick to confess their wrongdoing and forgive the wrongdoing of others and are eager to build something beautiful together." J. Perkins (click link for full quote)
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