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Diverging Paths
I got a text from an old friend yesterday that put the last 20 years of my life in a whole different light. I had an insanely demanding day yesterday and wasn’t able to read Richard’s text until this morning
Posted in Grace, Love, Suffering
Tagged choices, confinement, corrections, crime, deliverance, diverging, fork, fortune, God, grace, incarceration, institutions, jail, justice, juvenile, life, locked up, mercy, path, prison, punishment, redemption, road, salvation
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Authority
“Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he … Continue reading
Posted in Authority
Tagged authority, crime, law, obedience, police, punishment, rogue, sword
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The Paradox of Mercy
“For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.” (Romans 11:32, NIV) Really? That has to be a typo or a misquote or something. No, it’s right there; I just read it … Continue reading
Posted in Grace
Tagged election, forgiveness, grace, guilt, mercy, punishment, sin, sorrow
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