1517 Blogcast

God has found a way to be God even for the likes of us. He has found a way to save sinners.

Today, Maundy Thursday, we receive the feast of Christ’s true body and blood for us, for the forgiveness of our sins. All of them.

Christ has come to make every last aspect of your life the object of his eternal, never-ending, always transitive grace.

The Savior wasn’t always forthright with his intentions behind using and relaying certain parabolic narratives. This he did not because he relished in callously or coyly playing with the truth about his Father’s kingdom, but because he purposed to impress upon sinners the necessity of faith.

Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!

Great things are contained in these seemingly unimportant words: "Behold, your king." Such boundless gifts are brought by this poor and despised king.

Scott Hall may not have been a theologian or a preacher but for me, at that moment he might as well have been.

It is good to remember that this true story, is also beautiful.

False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.

What grace is this? It’s grace from Christ, who often seizes us when we least expect it, even through the hands of His enemies.