Blog: August 2015

I’ve been studying Paul’s Letter to the Romans lately, and I’m seeing afresh that, while the bad news is worse than we might ever imagine, the good news is more glorious than we might dare to believe.  In other words, the Gospel isn’t just an emotional boost to improve your life and help you feel better:  it’s about coming face to face with our sin in all of its vile dimensions and damning conse­quences AND about how God, out of the awesome grace and goodness of his heart, made a way for his enemies (i.e., us!) to be forgiven, reconciled and ...