Theology of the Cross (102)
  1. Devoid of the gospel of Jesus’s death and resurrection, sufferers are left to frantically run the halls of self-salvation, turning this way and that but never getting anywhere.
  2. The great lie of addiction is that suffering must be fled, must be numbed, must be drowned out by any means necessary.
  3. Despite the mathematical incongruity, the church confesses that Christ is one hundred percent human and one hundred percent divine.
  4. Wisdom lurks in the outer places. Rich gratitude sprouts from the impoverished and forgotten.
  5. By the end of this prayer of wrestling, David finally has the strength to claim victory over his lying enemies.
  6. This article is part of Stephen Paulson’s series on the Psalms.
  7. This is an excerpt from the Chapter 12 of Hitchhiking with the Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament written by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2024). Now available!
  8. God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.
  9. Instead of a death sentence, those brothers hear the words of deliverance.
  10. The cross not only stands as the measure of our hatred of God but also as the measure of God’s love for us.
  11. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  12. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
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