“˜It is finished.’ May those words land on your bones for the nights when fear tells you the cross was a beginning & you must finish grace.”

—

Jon Acuff

via Alexander Sattler

I Am The Challenger

Fireworks

We’ll watch the news, like we always do.
The world’s a fucked up place, but I feel alright with you. 

“Terrible. Unforgiving. That's how I saw God. Punishing us in this life and committing us to purgatory after death. Sentencing sinners to burn in hell for all eternity. But I was wrong. Those who see God as angry do not see Him rightly. But look upon a curtain as if a dark storm cloud is being drawn across his face. If we truly believe that Christ is our Savior, then we have a God of love. And to see God in faith is to look upon His friendly heart. So when the devil throws your sins in your face, and declares that you deserve death and hell tell him this, 'I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it?' For I know one who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ Son of God. Where He is there I should be also.”

—Martin Luther

“In the gospel, God goes on smiling at us until, despite our fear and grumpiness, we find ourselves smiling back.”

—N.T. Wright

“Community is only as strong as what it's built upon. And nothing is as strong as the gospel. The gospel is the deepest foundation for community. What connects believers is the reality that we were all very messed up people, broken before a holy God, yet rescued and given new life in Christ. What unites believers is deeper than anything that can divide.”

—Matt Chandler, Creature of the Word
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