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Daily Devotions
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.” vss. 27-28 Romans 3:25b-28 We know that our salvation is by the grace of God and not through our works, but Paul also says that we are justified by faith, and sometimes that gets confusing. Some folks focus on faith and…
Daily Devotions: October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018 Romans 3:26-28 …“Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.” vs. 27 Because of his conviction that salvation came through faith and not by works of the law, Paul insisted that there was no room for boasting. And he’s right! When everything is based on grace we have nothing to brag about. As he had earlier written to the Galatians, “May I never…
Daily Devotions: September 23, 2018
September 23, 2018 Mark 9:33-37 …“But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest.” vs. 34 Those who listen to sports talk shows are accustomed to loud, opinionated men (usually) arguing about GOATs–just which athlete in any particular sport is the Greatest Of All Time. While that’s not particularly surprising in our sports obsessed society, it is surprising to see that the same sort of conversation took place among Jesus’ disciples as…