Pastor, author, and speaker helping others flourish in life and leadership. https://xitter.cf/t.co/5MvrPEuLcs.
Nashville, TN
Joined June 2009
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Zondervan just released a sneak peak of #TheMercyKing including the table of contents, the full introduction, and part of the first chapter. Here is the link:
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Jesus promises rest for our souls, and he never promises an easy life. The burden he lifts is the need to prove ourselves worthy. The weight of loving people stays, and we can carry it without that other load.
Full essay below.
His Yoke Is Easy, And Your Life Is Hard. This week’s Substack essay looks at how both can be true:
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The stories we should be most suspicious of are the ones we tell ourselves. This is especially true with interpersonal conflict. Before we can own the ways we've been wrong, we need to stop rehearsing and defending the ways we've been right.
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Honesty is not only the best policy in general. It is also the best path each person in particular.
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If we had to get our act together before coming to God, we would be up a creek. But thanks be to God, in the gospel he invites us to come to him with the very need we cannot resolve.
Despairing about election results?
Christ’s tomb is still empty, and he remains seated on the throne, unrivaled, and undeterred as Lord of the nations and King of the universe.
Delighted about election results?
Same answer.
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Church can be imperfect, we can feel alienated, and Christ can still be near. My essay this week puts those truths together.
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Even a good church, like its people, is unfinished.
We should expect some awkwardness, disappointment, and repair in a family made up of people who are still being changed by grace.
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Experts say you should wait 60-90 minutes after waking up before drinking coffee.
But here’s the thing.
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In Jesus’ parable in Luke 15, the father welcomed his repentant son while the older brother refused to celebrate. As the parable demonstrates, someone else’s refusal to forgive you has no bearing whatsoever on God's willingness, and eagerness, to welcome and receive you.
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The paperback version of The Mercy King: How the Kindness of Jesus Heals Your Sin, Shame, and Weakness by @scottsauls is ON SALE for $5.01
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Some thoughts on how God is more kind to us even than we are to ourselves.
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Rejoicing in God’s forgiveness does not mean you have stopped caring about the person you hurt. You can take their pain seriously, repair what you can, and be grateful that Christ has pardoned you, all at once.
So, @edstetzer called me a nerd on live radio this morning because I play disc golf. But here I stand, and I can do no other. Disc golf is life.
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@edstetzer talks with @scottsauls about how you can discover God's mercy. And you don't have to fix yourself up to do it. It's in your weakness that He draws near to heal, forgive and make you whole. Today @MoodyRadio at 11 am CT.
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Zondervan just released a sneak peak of #TheMercyKing including the table of contents, the full introduction, and part of the first chapter. Here is the link:
media.sailthru.com/fss/flem9…