Clinging to Cold Ceremonies

“To say nothing of other matters, what greater blindness can be imagined, than to hope for the expiation of sin from the sacrifice of a beast, or to seek mental purification in external washing with water, or to attempt to appease God with cold ceremonies, as if he were greatly delighted with them? Such are…

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20 Quotes from “The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ” by Fleming Rutledge

This is a fantastic book. While there’s much I disagree with lying in its pages, I stand by my statement. Rutledge’s treatment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from its varying themes, or motifs as she calls them, is like peering at it from different angles and still seeing the whole. I would even argue…

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I Will Rejoice and Be Glad in the Present

This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 God does not do things without a purpose. He has not set everything into motion and now sits by, watching things develop without the ability or interest to intervene. He has made everything that is, and…

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