Brandon Ball

Pastor • Author • Grace Advocate | Helping the church trade self-help for Christ-help | |

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

You didn't sign the covenant. God did, with Himself. Abram slept through the whole ceremony. Your security was never riding on your grip. It was always riding on His.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

A priest who dies has to be replaced. Yours never dies. Which means your standing with God never has to be re-earned. The banner's already hung. Stop replaying a game that's already won.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

Abraham's tithe was a one-time gift of war plunder. Given once, then he kept nothing.

You can't build a weekly obligation on that.

Pre-law precedent isn't New Covenant command — or circumcision would bind you too.

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Hebrews 7 is the go-to verse for requiring the tithe.

But the same chapter says the priesthood changed and the old command was set aside as weak. The tithe belonged to that priesthood.

It doesn't install the tithe. It closes its account.

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Your anchor isn't your grip on Christ. It's Christ holding the throne where your name is already written. You don't hold the anchor. The anchor holds you.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

The Old Testament didn't promise a better behavior plan. It promised a better priest. He came. And his name isn't Levi.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

Joshua led them into a land. Jesus leads us into Himself. One had borders. The other has none.

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Out today.
The God You Were Given: The Real One Isn't Afraid of Your Questions
For the one who left. For the one who's leaving. For the one still in the third row with questions they're afraid to ask out loud.
You're not crazy. The theology was bad.
Link below.

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For years the work has been scattered across platforms. Now it lives in one place.
https://t.co/EQ6oGfYRZp is live. Books, articles, teaching, and what's next. All under one roof.

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Your sins are purged. Your spirit is clean. You are right with God forever. Not because you performed. Because Jesus finished. That's the New Covenant.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

The law said you'll never be enough. The cross said you don't have to be. That's not two contradictory messages. That's one story with a turning point.

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For every one person a church adds, six are leaving. We're celebrating the one and ignoring the six walking out the back door.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

Framing an X-ray after you've been cured of the disease. That's what it looks like when the Old Covenant becomes your symbol of faith.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

We went from rolling windows down by hand to pushing a button. From the law to grace. The old technology worked. The new one is just better.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

The Old Covenant was like texting with long pauses and typos. The New Covenant is sitting face to face. No broken communication. That's the upgrade.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

Romans 3:10 — "There is none righteous." Romans 3:21 — "But now, the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed." Keep reading. It changes everything.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

If your theology can't handle the idea that your sins are entirely purged, you haven't adopted the standard of Christianity. You've adopted something else.

[Brandon Ball @BrandonCBall]

Jesus purged your sins by himself and sat down. He's not standing. He's not pacing. The work is done. Why are you still trying to finish it?