Jesus had just finished telling His disciples that He would be leaving them. He wasn’t revealing everything to them yet because they weren’t ready. But Jesus ended this discussion with these words: “I have told you these things, so that you may have peace in me. In this world you are going to have trouble. […]
Opening Our Doors and Back-Door Temptations
If there was anyone poignantly aware of the spiritual battle we humans wage day in and day out, it was Martin Luther. The late Luther scholar Heiko Oberman, in his famous book, Man Between God and the Devil, described the great Reformer as one who saw the cause for the gospel of Christ in the […]
Proclaiming Liberty to the Captives
Juneteenth (its history and celebration) is a good illustration of the office of the keys. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in all states, to be effective Jan. 1, 1863. But it was not until June 19, 1865, that Union officers were able to bring this declaration to […]
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