Day 21: A Little Less Vengeance, Please
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me... he has sent me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me... he has sent me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives
A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child. The righteousness of the
Certain ideas get so deeply embedded in the tradition—repeated so often, sung so confidently—that no one stops to ask whether the original actually says what we think it says.
Hosea looked at a massacre the Bible said God ordered and declared: no, that's not what God wanted. The lens gets better. The picture gets clearer. What we thought God was like five or fifty years ago doesn't have to be what we think forever. Color was always there. We just needed better tools.
"You have heard that it was said... But I say to you... "You have heard that it was said... But I say to
💡This is Day/Week 9 of my devotional series on "20 Verses to Rebuild Your Theology." I'm particularly proud of this
Part 2: Some Ground Rules We've established who God is—love itself, characterized by patience, kindness, gentleness, and all the fruits of the
"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." — John 8:32 The Great Protestant Irony There's a