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Christ Defeated the Monsters (A Meditation from Luther)
Let us see how Christ was able to gain the victory over our enemies. The sins of the whole world, past, present, and future, fastened themselves upon Christ and condemned Him. But because Christ is God He had an everlasting and unconquerable righteousness. These two, the sin of the world and the righteousness of God,…
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How to Enjoy God in His Gifts
How do we enjoy God in his gifts without either ignoring the true good in the gift, or idolizing it to the neglect of God himself, the Supreme Good? Peter Brown’s biography of Saint Augustine includes a fascinating quote from The City of God that I find helpful. In thinking about the entrancing sight of the…
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“Seven Abominations in My Heart:” John Bunyan on Gospel Humility
John Bunyan, years after his conversion, wrote these words in the conclusion to Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. I find to this day seven abominations in my heart: 1. Inclining to unbelief; 2. Suddenly to forget the love and mercy that Christ manifesteth; 3. A leaning to the works of the law; 4….
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Rightly Ordered Love: How to Live in the World Without Idolatry
How do you live in the world without idolizing it on the one hand, or wrongly denying its goodness on the other? Individual believers, and even whole movements within Christendom, tend to fall off one precipice or the other. Some aspects of Fundamentalism prioritized separation from the world to the point that they spurned secular…
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