Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen! “Repent”, Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each […]
I’m so glad I serve a God who is both patient and merciful. I set out this week to prepare to teach a Sunday School lesson on Israel’s cycle of idolatry… which turned into an honest appraisal of my own tendencies in this direction (if I am honest that covetousness is in fact idolatry*, and […]
Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. I am counting on the LORD; yes, I am counting on Him. I have put my hope in His word…—Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden […]
The bronze washbasin and its bronze pedestal were cast from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle—For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at […]
He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea! The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.—Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses […]