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Indebted to sin
In teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus reveals the relational vision of forgiveness; as an opportunity.
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Mercy and the power of unearned grace
The gift of mercy is unearned grace. But it is also way more than that. It exists outside the earned/unearned continuum.
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and no one gave him anything
The “prodigal” reveals so much about us. That we long for forgiveness for ourselves. And something else for others.
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The Power of Forgiveness
We usually center our attention around Thomas, faith, and doubt. But this, like others, is really a story about Jesus.
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The difference between justification and mercy
We make a habit of justification. We just want to explain. There was a reason we weren’t there. Something. Anything to avoid mercy. A justification is often the grounding upon which we make a case. We hope that everything we do is justified. That’s how we often think about it. But it isn’t how we…
