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Amazing Grace

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Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth.  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that at least 260,000 “day laborers” wait each morning on American street corners, hoping for employment. In various communities, especially during seasonal harvests, men… Read more »

Grace, Mercy, and Justice

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Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth.  The late author and theologian R.C. Sproul was fond of telling about a particular time he was teaching an introductory college course on the Old Testament.  The class was populated by… Read more »

Choose Your Own Jesus

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Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth.  Very few Hollywood films feature a family praying together before dinner. After listening in on the table grace in Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby, that might be just as… Read more »

Mortar Shells

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One of the most terrifying pieces of Civil War field artillery was notoriously inaccurate. The eight-inch mortar, for all intents and purposes, was a stubby, sawed-off cannon.  It fired an eight-inch-diameter explosive shell – approximately the size and shape of a bowling ball. Mortars were pulled into position by teams of horses.  Shots were essentially high arcs that resembled those… Read more »

Going Home

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What is it like trying to go back home, when you wonder if anyone there would actually welcome you? One of Jesus’ most celebrated stories is the Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32).  Perhaps no one in recent history has so effectively captured the emotion of that story as Philip Yancey did in his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? … Read more »