Tag Archives: mercy

Faultless Before His Throne

Posted on 08/18/2019 by

A friend of mine from England commented on a recent post. He feels condemned a lot when I write. If you do too, I can’t write things that are less convicting, but I can share how I deal with conviction. … Continue reading →

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How Do We Prepare for the Judgment?

Posted on 07/02/2019 by

If we are judged by our works, and if sinless perfection is not the standard, what is? That question is reserved for the Judge of All, but he gives us descriptions that we need to take into account. My next … Continue reading →

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What Jesus Paid For

Posted on 09/09/2018 by

In the last post, Custom Shoe Arches and the Bible, I talked about it being easier to find what is NOT true than to find what is true. I then showed from just one passage that Jesus did not pay … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the Foundations: The Just Judgment of God

Posted on 07/11/2018 by

“ButterintheField,” whose comments have occasionally led me to create a post, has reminded me in a comment that I had better finish up at least one part of the Rebuilding the Foundations series. I stopped doing this project on the … Continue reading →

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Good Works, Immortality, and So Much More!

Posted on 05/18/2018 by

In the last post we saw that Jesus came to make it possible to do good works and thus inherit eternal life. This is not all Jesus came to do. God’s plan turns out to be much, much greater than … Continue reading →

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Through the Bible: Luke 1:76-80, Repentance and Atonement

Posted on 05/04/2017 by

Note: This is a very long post. I think it the subject is worth the length of the post. Therefore, I will wait at least three days to post the next one. If you are going through the Bible with … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Salvation of God

Posted on 03/25/2015 by

I think this story will encourage all of you. It’s true. Almost 30 years ago I ran an auto insurance agency in Germany for a company called Fortune. One day a clearly bewildered lady came in with a friend to … Continue reading →

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Repentance and Forgiveness

Posted on 07/07/2014 by

I spent a lot of time on this comment response, so I’m making it a post. You’ll have to figure out the comment I’m responding to. It concerns my post “He Who Fears God and Labors at Righteousness”. ************************* I … Continue reading →

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God’s Not Disappointed

Posted on 05/15/2014 by

I watched Ragamuffin last night, and it reminded me of a teaching I did a few years ago. It took root in a lot of people’s hearts, and it would do most of us good to root it there as … Continue reading →

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Repentance Revisited

Posted on 04/20/2014 by

I was reading Wisdom today, and I ran across a really neat passage on repentance. (I’ll tell you below what the book of Wisdom is, why I read it, and why you should, too.) But you have mercy on all … Continue reading →

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