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I’ve always loved the magic of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Out of the whole story one image tugs perpetually at my imagination: the lamp-post that grows in the midst of the wintery forest. Such a puzzle, such an anomaly. Whenever I...
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The contrast is sharp, startling and offensive. And Paul says it is the heart of all Christian thinking. What God has done in Jesus Christ is set all humanity free (from whatever has held them in bondage)…free that is to be slaves to one another in love. I...
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Which comes first, knowing God or being known by God? I remember once when I was driving through rural Pennsylvania, the only radio stations I could find were “Christian.” I thought, well what could it hurt to listen for a bit? The minute or two that I...
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Reflecting on Paul’s words, I realize that I do so in a state of relative safety. In the past week a major earthquake has devastated Japan, and America has entered in a military conflict with Libya. Writing about Paul, the Galatians, and faith feels like a real...
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I didn’t grow up in a church tradition that used the language of “salvation.” All I ever heard growing up is, “God loves you. God loves all of humanity.” It wasn’t until I went to college that I experienced a different form of...
Blog, Galatians 1
With the first words of Paul’s letter to the Galatians we are transported into a world grace on the move. This grace is active and disruptive. It changed lives. It continues to change lives. Martin Luther, one of the great reformers of the Church in the 16th...
