Christ is always the ultimate for God's children, but we sometimes struggle with things that come before.
This article is part of Stephen Paulson’s series on the Psalms.
This is an excerpt from Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi (1517 Publishing, 2024), pgs. 12-14.

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The Ichthus is a confession in picture form, a visual sermon of the gospel of Christ crucified.
Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
Gregory is a bridge between the patristic age and the medieval.
Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
Whatever body part you are, the body of Christ is no pod person. Together, we’re a living, breathing, deathless whole.
Neomonasticism—that is, the idea that church work is more important than regular work—implies that God cares more about the spiritual than the physical.
Christian mercy should not seek its own. It must be round, and open its eyes and look at all alike, friend and foe, as our heavenly Father does.
The worship service is less like servants entering the throne room to wait on the king’s needs and more like a father joining his family around the dining room table.
The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.