"Every one must stand and give account before God for himself; and no one can excuse himself by the action or decision of another, whether less or more.”
God Meets is the rare cancer book (and as above, I use that term advisedly) that addresses both the judgment God places on human creatures in the Garden (death) and the hard road anyone walks toward that end (100% of us).
The testimony of the apostles is not an escapist message in which Christians are redeemed by leaving bodily life behind.

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Why is it truly meet right and salutary that we should at all times and all places give thanks to God.
This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
The Second Edition of “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?” by Steven Hein is now available from 1517 Publishing.
Although God is always closer to us than the nose on our face, he has not taken the wraps off and given any sinful and mortal human being a full-measure, face-to-face meeting.
We do not have to endure the pain and suffering of this fallen existence forever, just for a little while.
Ash Wednesday, is meant to remind us we have a death problem. All living things made from the soil shall return to it.
Epiphany celebrates that we have not been left in our hearts’ cold darkness and this spoiled creation.
We are given, so we give thanks, and we give thanks by giving.
The following is an excerpt from “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory” written by Steven A. Hein (1517 Publishing, 2015).