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The Spirit’s Work (Theology Tuesday)

 

 

The Spirit isn’t a feeling you get when you do a good work or sing a hymn you like. It’s not about you being an enthusiastic Christian, or getting better every day. What the Spirit does is point you to Jesus — over and over again. The Spirit delivers God’s Word to you. He kills with the Law, and makes alive with the Gospel. Then you bear witness (through the Spirit) too!

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Christianity Isn’t Only about Obedience (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

A lot of times folks fall into the trap of thinking that the Christian faith is all about your obedience, your life change, and your keeping the 10 Commandments. But that’s not only backwards, it completely misses the point. The Christian faith is all about saving you. It’s all about Jesus Christ and Him crucified, for you. His love for you, not your love for Him.

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Conspiracy Theories (Fun Word Friday)

 

 

We live in a world where that’s gone crazy, especially right now. Horrible things keep happening and they just don’t make any sense. So we start connecting dots on our own. Slow down! Whether the theories are true or not, you have a Father in heaven Who gives good gifts to you and works all out things for your good. And that’s not going to change.

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Christianity Is NOT Just a Bunch of Rules (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

There’s probably no worse observation of Christianity than it being a bunch of rules. You couldn’t get Christianity more wrong than that! Yes, there ARE rules, there IS the Law. And the Law makes us die to the idea that we can save ourselves by following a bunch of rules. But Christianity is all about the Son of God’s suffering and death for you and in your place.

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Why It’s Good that Jesus Ascended (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

Because Jesus ascended to the Father, now there’s no mountain or church that you have to go to and sit down and have a conversation with Him. Instead, He and the Father have sent the Holy Spirit to tend to the world. It’s actually to our advantage that there’s no place we have to drive or make a pilgrimage to see Jesus. We have better than that with the Spirit!

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Do Christians Have to Be Happy? (Fun Word Friday)

 

 

God made you the way that you are and put you in the place He put you because He loves you. He doesn’t need you to be someone else for Him to love you. Baptism doesn’t change your personality, it makes you a new creation. There’s plenty to repent of within us being us. But the only thing that saves us is not how happy we are, but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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How Forgiving Should We Be? (Bible Study Thursday)

 

 

Jesus forgives every sin in His suffering and death. So, what about us? Being in Him, being loved by Him, being forgiven ourselves…we should gladly forgive those who sin against us too. If we forgive with Jesus’s forgiveness, then there’s no end of the mercy, grace, and forgiveness we have for others. Pray for your enemies and for help to forgive them.

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How Forgiving Is Jesus? – https://youtu.be/FOpxnpORgfo
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit – https://youtu.be/AE6BLW1g3Cg

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Joy that No One Can Take Away (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

We’re a little disappointed and sad we don’t get to see the resurrected Jesus like the disciples did. But when we see Him on the Last Day (or our last day), we will have joy that no one may take away. That’s the joy that begins — not with you deciding to be happy — but with the death and resurrection of Jesus. A joy centered on the Gospel, upon Jesus.

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Links Included in today’s video:
HT Video Short: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit – https://youtu.be/AE6BLW1g3Cg
HT LIVE Bible Study on Matthew 12:32 – https://youtu.be/osGE86c5gqc

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St. Anselm and Atonement Theories (Theology Tuesday)

 

 

Atonement theories are ways that theologians express how that Christ saved us. The early church advocated the Ransom Theory, in which Christ pays a ransom to the Devil for us. Christus Victor, in which Christ dupes the devil and death is undone, was popular until the 12th century. Then, Anselm saw Christ’s death as satisfying the justice and wrath of God.

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Thomas, Unbelief, and the Forgiveness of Sins (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

Don’t miss the comfort here in the story of Thomas. The God who could condemn us for our unbelief doesn’t. Instead He comes to us in the midst of our fear and doubt, giving peace. And it’s all wrapped in the forgiveness of sins. Those words enliven the very faith to trust that Jesus truly is alive. You are at peace with God, and your sins are forgiven in Christ.

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