Hosea also portrays God in a very intimate and husbandly way, reaching out to the one He loves when love is abused and lost.-Bob Sundquist https://t.co/FLq2X7xgci
People live and move in story, and the effect of story is that it creates distance for them rhetorically which makes the hearer feel safe to explore and cared for by the preacher.-Bob Sundquist
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God’s grace embraces us in the same manner as parents’ attachment to their children instinctively causes them to scoop even their misbehaving little ones up into their arms.-Robert Kolb https://t.co/Ir7pmP8pC4
By paying attention to “all” Jesus says in these last words to His disciples, we get a full picture of Jesus and His relationship, not only to the Father and the Spirit, but also to us.-Peter Nafzger https://t.co/AQdMXaViWk
Proclaim the person and work of Jesus Christ for the salvation of your hearer. If it is good enough for the Athanasian Creed, it is good enough for your pulpit.-CJ Armstrong https://t.co/XxNq2bQXGh
God, through the mystery of Trinity, is at work in the act of creation. Every person of the Trinity participated in creation.-Bob Sundquist https://t.co/5Rbghi8HLQ
The end of the Easter season is a good time to remind ourselves that the Holy Spirit kindly stops by because the Messiah has triumphed over the Murderer.-Robert Kolb https://t.co/SPil9FyU2a
Those whose lives matter to Jesus show others how they, too, matter. This is part of the Christian’s evangelical witness, to value the people in our world who feel like they have no value.-Peter Nafzger https://t.co/dVBkrJ3wzm