Die and you shall live. Humble yourself and you shall be exalted. Lose and you shall gain. When we first hear these three statements, something inside us instinctively resists. Reason tells us: death is death, and what goes down stays down. The entire logical framework built by thousands of years of philosophy and civilization rejects… Continue reading The Wisdom of the Cross: The Paradox That Governs the Universe
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How Grieved Must God Be — The Bound Children of the King
Do we truly understand what it means to have been born as children of God? Scripture declares that to all who received Jesus Christ, who believed in His name, He gave the right (ἐξουσία, exousia) to become children of God (John 1:12). This is no mere sense of religious belonging. This is a position higher… Continue reading How Grieved Must God Be — The Bound Children of the King
More Certain Than the Glory of the Transfiguration: Follow the Prophetic Word-2 Peter 1:16-21
A Dazzling Experience — Yet What Peter Emphasized More Peter was a man who had experienced something unparalleled on the Mount of Transfiguration. The radiant face of Jesus, the appearance of Moses and Elijah, the voice of the Father thundering from heaven — “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matt.… Continue reading More Certain Than the Glory of the Transfiguration: Follow the Prophetic Word-2 Peter 1:16-21