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For I am convinced that neither death nor life… (Romans 8:38a) If I get squished by a narcoleptic cement truck driver on my way to work, I will still belong to God. In fact, I will immediately be ushered into … Continue reading
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us (Romans 8:37). Some days I feel like a conqueror; some days I feel like the conquered. The “things” that Paul mentions—persecution, famine, peril, sword, and … Continue reading
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? (Romans 8:35) In answer to the above question: No one. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. … Continue reading
Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us (Romans 8:34b). He died in darkness. He rose as the Light. He died as a sacrifice. He … Continue reading
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? (Romans 8:33-34a). Usually it’s me. For the most part, I am the one who brings charges against me; I … Continue reading
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32). I have a son. I love him more than my own … Continue reading
Back to Romans we go… What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) For the record, the “this” above refers to the fact that God has predestined, … Continue reading
Resurrection Sunday He is Risen! …because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay (Psalm 16:10). But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to … Continue reading
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones (Zechariah 13:7b). We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD … Continue reading
Good Friday Betrayal and Sacrifice Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me (Psalm 41:9). Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him … Continue reading