Instead of a reflection this morning, I’ve posted a poem. I wrote this some time ago, with a Sunday school class on my mind, a Sunday school class in which the teacher had asked how many people would really be willing to die for the gospel… The glibness of the question and the quick responses [...]

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When I read 1 Corinthians this morning, I was especially struck by the phrase Paul uses to describe the sufficiency of Christ for us. He says, “He [God] is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” (1 Cor. 1:30) I suppose that [...]

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