Tag: The Beating Heart of the Gospel
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Free to Live as God’s Family
This post is part of the Free to Live series. Find the whole series here. Over the past five weeks, we’ve looked at some of the different ways we are free to live as Christians. We’re free to live with joy—knowing that Jesus has done all things for our salvation. We’re free to live by faith—knowing…
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Free to Live by Faith
This post is part of the Free to Live series. Find the whole series here. In his “Allegory of the Cave,” the Greek philosopher Plato invites listeners to step into the illustration of captive people chained deep below the dark earthen fold. The people were chained in such a way that they could look only…
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Free to Live With Joy
This post is part of the Free to Live series. Find the whole series here. “Letters are not written in a vacuum. There’s always a backstory to them. Think of a combat soldier’s letter to his wife, a parent’s letter to a confused child at college, or a pastor’s letter to a troubled soul who…
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We Are Free to Live
The Bible translator’s brief introduction to Paul’s letter to the Galatians in my NIV Bible is one well worth spending some time thinking about: Paul’s letter to the church in Galatia is a short version of the message in Romans. Paul addresses legalism, showing how Christ brought freedom from, not bondage to the Jewish laws.…