To me, this is the heart and soul of Designer Jesus. Let us see if we can out-love Jesus. Golden coinโโThis is the greatest commandment. It has two sides, but it is all oneโ (p. 457).
Isaiah 6: A Burning Coal
The seraphย touched my mouth with it and said, โNow that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.โย Isaiah 6:7 (NRSV)
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Minor Prophets: Malachi, Where is the God of Justice?
The Lordโs answer to the cry for justice begins with Messiah, but Godโs answer continues with the promise to return and bring just judgment. However, God will begin with Godโs own people.
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James: Spiritual Wisdom
A wise person lives in humility, submitting their life to God, allowing the Holy Spirit to inform and conform their thoughts, their feelings and thereby their words and actions.
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Minor Prophets: Zechariah, An Unexpected Answer
Instead of spending a lot of energy on religious rituals and ceremonies, the Lord wanted Godโs people to put their love into action.
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2 Peter 2: Lot and His Wife
All of us are shaped by the culture we grow up in, and Lotโs wife and family were no different. Though Lot knew God, it seems he had little influence on his family or the society he kept.
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Minor Prophets: Micah, Court Reporter
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 (NRSV)
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Minor Prophets: Jonah, ื ึธืึทื nรขcham
When the Hebrew language speaks of God โrepenting,โ the word most often is โnacham,โ referring to inner suffering that needs to be consoled.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah’s Psalm
The fundamental movement of the Lord was to move Godโs people from bondage to freedom, from objectification as enslaved persons to beloved people in relationship with the Almighty Sovereign and God of the Cosmos.
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Minor Prophets: Amos, Locusts and Fire
God is true to character, God is just and righteous, and calls Godโs people to be the same. The Lord is also merciful. Only eternity will reveal how much and how often the Lord has spared Godโs people because of the often hidden prayers offered up as intercession.
