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“Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” [Romans 7:24]. This is the dramatic way Paul ends the seventh chapter of his letter to the Romans. But just one chapter later he writes “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us!” [Romans 8:37]. What revelation did he have that got him so excited and full of faith after voicing such despair? And what does his discovery mean for us today? By Ben Manusama
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Who is leading you? Jesus sees the crowd in Galilee as sheep without a shepherd. But rather than be the revolutionary zealot leader the people want him to be, he reveals a different kind of leadership. He is the servant God who gives his life up for the sake of others. And in word and deed,...
Published 11/25/24
Published 11/25/24
In a rare moment when Jesus does not appear in the gospel, Mark tells the story of Herod’s beheading of John the Baptist. Herod’s story is a cautionary one about the misery that comes when someone devotes their life to the pursuit of earthly power. Where Herod’s power destroys, Jesus’ power,...
Published 11/18/24