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A prayer for the occasion of severe heart failure.* Based on Psalm 73, Col. 1:17, 2 Cor. 12:2, and other Scriptures. To the theme: “Present tense, future perfect”. (*Series Note: I’ve always found prayer hard. What has consistently helped me not to give up is to listen in and pray along with other brothers and …
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“I have mental health issues”, said no Asian parent ever. One of the most confronting and challenging aspects of pastoring in our immigrant church for the past few years has been the deluge of mental health issues we’ve had to navigate and walk alongside. Something that Radio New Zealand recently reported on as a “silent …
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Hier ist ein Frage: wenn Luther sagt: “Sündige tapfer, aber glaube und freue dich in Christo um so tapferer!”, ist das ein Lehre von der billigen Gnade? Bonhoeffer argumentiert heute: “Nein!” Question: when Luther says: “Sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ more boldly!”, is he teaching cheap grace? Today, Bonhoeffer argues: Nein! Previously: …
Previously: Vorvort (Foreword): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Inhaltverzeichnis (Table of contents) 10 1. Die Teure Gnade (1. Costly Grace) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Wenn Luther von der Gnade sprach, so meinte er sein eigenes Leben immer mit, das durch die Gnade …
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign …
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