We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how a whole society can be bound up in the tentacles of sin, in the assumptions that everybody around you makes, about how it becomes easier to sin than not to, and how we can become so confused and contradictory in our reactions, when sin is pointed out.
"It is finished" means that Jesus had accomplished all that God's mission had sent him to do. It did not merely mean that his life was over like, "I'… - Christopher J. H. Wright
"It is finished" means that Jesus had accomplished all that God's mission had sent him to do. It did not merely mean that his life was over like, "I'…
- Christopher J. H. Wright
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust i… - Christopher J. H. Wright
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust i…
As Paul says, even though we as human beings know God, we refuse to acknowledge him. That's what Peter did. He refused even to "know" Jesus! Peter's … - Christopher J. H. Wright
As Paul says, even though we as human beings know God, we refuse to acknowledge him. That's what Peter did. He refused even to "know" Jesus! Peter's …
Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today. - Christopher J. H. Wright
Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today.
The church was made for mission-God's mission - Christopher J. H. Wright
The church was made for mission-God's mission
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to pro… - Christopher J. H. Wright
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to pro…
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if it places them c… - Christopher J. H. Wright
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if it places them c…
Only the gospel exposes the cancer of idolatry. - Christopher J. H. Wright
Only the gospel exposes the cancer of idolatry.
There are four accounts of the gospel itself! The momentous events of the conception, birth, life, teaching, death, resurrection, and ascension of Je… - Christopher J. H. Wright
There are four accounts of the gospel itself! The momentous events of the conception, birth, life, teaching, death, resurrection, and ascension of Je…
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