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PURE GRACE Each review of Jacob’s story leaves me amazed at his seeming inability to shape up, clean up, and stand up for everything decent and moral. He tricked and
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PURE GRACE Each review of Jacob’s story leaves me amazed at his seeming inability to shape up, clean up, and stand up for everything decent and moral. He tricked and
GOD IS WOOING YOU In 1890 Francis Thompson, a Roman Catholic poet, described God as “The Hound of Heaven.” He wrote: I fled Him, down the nights and down the
ACCEPT YOUR ACCEPTANCE “He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ—such being His gracious will and pleasure” (Ephesians 1:5). God moved you into his family.
WIDER AND DEEPER Each day seems to bring a new way for us to wander off course. The Christian life is not difficult; it’s impossible. Need proof? Consider the Everest-level
GOD CAME TO JACOB Jacob’s season at Shechem was a toxic wasteland. Jacob forgot who he was and what God had commanded. His disobedience resulted in a devastated family. Rape.
DON’T STOP IN SHECHEM “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23). What voices seduce you? Distract you? Lure you away from your
The Life-Giving Transfusion of Christ We all struggle with an unseen, yet fatal, virus. Not of the body, but of the soul. Not COVID, but sin. We’ve all tested positive.
THE PROBLEM OF THE HEART For all our medical and scientific advancements, for all our breakthroughs in technology and medicine, do we not battle the same inclinations as did our
In the Shadow of Shechem Psalm 36:1 reads, “Sin lurks deep in the hearts of the wicked, forever urging them on to evil deeds” (TLB). The human heart is a