Sinner and Saint (Simul) (99)
  1. The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
  2. Mary is blessed, because Mary knows the way God works and because she knows His promises, and she knows that in her womb grows her savior.
  3. There are plenty of reasons why you do not already do whatever you want out of fear of the law, and you will find these reasons persist and remain long after the gospel has its way with you.
  4. As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls
  5. Here is someone to love; they’re not a Christian. They’re not very clean and don’t seem to care. Love them. Let your life become intertwined with theirs. Let it cost you something.
  6. This is an excerpt from the introduction of Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted written by Gretchen Ronnevik (1517 Publishing, 2021), 122-125. Now available for preorder.
  7. Our anxiety about the future is a consequence of our old self’s attempts to achieve freedom for himself apart from Christ Jesus.
  8. Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.
  9. This new life is marked not by fear of death but hope in eternal life.
  10. Satan and the old Adam don't want Jesus to bear our crosses for us because that means we can't claim that we've done anything to merit God's mercy and salvation.
  11. The only reason we're aware of our old self is in baptism, God created a new self for us.
  12. In spiritual matters, the Scriptures teach us that freedom is tied to slavery and bondage.
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