Eric Costa

Character foil for Jesus' mercy.
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Christian, whether you're consciously aware of it at this very moment or not, Jesus' current relationship with God the Father is yours.

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Eternity is, of course, present.
Ever-present.
More so than time's fleeting and elusive "present."

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his love is eternal." (Psalm 136)

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World's gonna world.

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God likes to save us through miracles that only he could do, so that there can be no mistake about it—he really does love us.

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@PLeithart Impossible with men, yes. Impossible with God? Not at all.

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Christian prayer is life with God as "our Father in heaven," relating to him as his own Beloved Son relates to him, with Christ's own Spirit in our hearts, and with his very words on our lips.

The great blessing of our gracious salvation is this prayer-that-is-life-with-God.

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If you want to be treated like God…

love, until they crucify you.

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If you’ve never wrestled with whether you really have a relationship with God, you should.

The Christian faith is this: the relationship that the Beloved Son Jesus has with God the Father, he has graciously shared with us in the gift of his Spirit.

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Sky’s portal is found
with sleeping seeds, in the ground,
where the mortal lies.

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English is great. A single letter separates laughter and slaughter. Those make totally different sounds.

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Maker of the tree
and withering lover speak:
“I will pine to be.”

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For the Triune God,
to love God with all his being
and to love his neighbor as himself
are the same thing.

Jesus is this God,
God loving us as his neighbor,
God loving us as he loves himself.

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"Peace through strength."
Sounds like Pax Romana.
"Peace" through fear.
"Peace" through crucifixion.
Sounds like the devil's kind of strength.

The strength of Jesus is to humbly suffer for love's sake.

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“You’re wrong” could be the happiest news you ever heard. That’s what the Gospel of Jesus Christ tells you.

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The significance of confessing that Jesus is truly and fully God is not to say that he fulfills our presuppositions of divinity ("God must be 'X,' so Jesus must be 'X'"), but it is to say that Jesus defines and reveals divinity to us, usually toppling our presuppositions.

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Astronaught: a regular person who will never go to space.

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@PLeithart If the mother is unclean for her part in the birth, but the child is (surprisingly?) not also unclean (though coming from and in contact with what is unclean), then it seems a way of drawing attention to the fact that God can bring what is clean out of what is unclean.

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Coagula: the vampire who died of starvation because his bite venom made the blood too thick.

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Being convicted of your sin in order to confess, ask forgiveness, and repent, might instinctively feel bad. But it's good. It's a major work of the Holy Spirit in your life with God.

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The old tomb-world was silent, cold,
'til hurled was Fire, and Light unfurled
his spire-high wings. Now we admire.
Now sings the gold-world to its King.

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@JeridEvan Wow, looks amazing!

And, hey! You didn’t tell me you were swinging through town!