Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
Worthy of trust… [I know this is getting a little lengthy for blog reading. But how does one talk about the way God is in 100 words or less. I couldn't hardly "tweet" it all in 140 characters. So, hang in there with me for maybe another five or six offerings. I'd also like to …
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Perfectly wise… “… the only wise God” Romans 16:27 I include it in a discussion about God’s character because wisdom is not the acquisition of a lot of knowledge or some higher form of intelligence. They say, “If you want knowledge go to college,” but wisdom is not gained in a class or a textbook; …
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What does mercy look like? Bible writers tell us that God is rich in mercy, full of mercy, great in mercy; and the immoderate source of tender mercies. As previously promised, I’ll avoid the technicalities of original language or theological complexities. Suffice it to say, there are several original words in both testaments that are …
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Full of mercy… I want to say again that it’s not my intent to dissect God, like a frog, into pieces so we can study him. Nothing life-changingly good comes from anyone’s attempt to take him apart and examine him. I simply want to know him as best I can the way he actually is. …
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It began to seem that his blessings were more randomly than uniformly distributed than I had once believed. The “God-always-does-this-and-not-that” approach to which I had previously ascribed didn’t seem nearly as valid as it once had. I used to think that he distributed blessings at more predictable increments along our path. Now it seems like …
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