The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.
David finally found the truth that it was not his seed of kingship but the promise made to Abraham that made him holy. From that, David refused to be moved and wrote this Psalm by the necessity of the Spirit as the assurance of faith. The law never made a man holy, not even one as robust as David; yet faith did this great thing without lifting a finger.
Today, the longing for cultural Christianity on both the left and the right hearkens back to an older version of Christendom that was a mixed blessing for the church in the western world. The cultural mediation of Christian views on created order has certainly benefitted the civilization we’ve inherited. But the gospel itself isn’t something that can be reduced to cultural mediation either. Instead, the gospel as a message stands apart from all human accomplishments and achievements, no matter how beneficial they might be.

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As one substance, Christ is God become man, the fullness of God who was pleased to dwell in Jesus Christ.
It’s the shadow of death that causes mankind to sit in darkness.
It is the sort of joy that is brought about by the mutual consolation of the saints when they encourage one another through hard times.
Is a god fully understandable and explainable according to the finite logic and world we inhabit, is that a god one can trust and truly believe?
Perhaps if we indulged our Christian freedom around them, they would come to see that “the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
This is the sixth installment in our special series on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Translation of Theses 11 and 12 by Caleb Keith.
When those who are serving joyfully and willingly are instead encouraged to complain that they are carrying the load for the rest of the body, all hope is lost.
We expect that if it is God’s word, it must have fallen out of the sky on golden plates.
When it comes to this world, our beds are most often a mess even when we do our best to make them in the morning.
An introduction to Bo Giertz's, Romans: A Devotional Commentary
The law demands love, and love has no limits, no end, it is never done.
This is the first of seven words of Christ from the cross.