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“I remember bragging to one of my pastors, Thabiti, that I didn’t think of my good friend Christopher as black. Thabiti challenged me: “Huh, that’s interesting, because Christopher certainly experiences life as a black man in America. And you’ve never asked him about that? You must not be a very good friend.” Ouch. But yes, that makes sense.”
― How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age
― How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age
“There is more political power in the gospel and in being the church than there is in electing a president, installing a Supreme Court justice, or even changing a constitution.”
― How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age
― How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age
“Gospel 1: God is holy. We have all sinned, separating us from God. But God sent his Son to die on the cross and rise again so that we might be forgiven. Everyone who believes in Jesus can have eternal life. We’re not justified by works. We’re justified by faith alone. The gospel therefore calls all people to “just believe!” An unconditionally loving God will take you as you are. Gospel 2: God is holy. We have all sinned, separating us from God. But God sent his Son to die on the cross and rise again so that we might be forgiven and begin to follow the Son as King and Lord. Anyone who repents and believes can have eternal life, a life which begins today and stretches into eternity. We’re not justified by works. We’re justified by faith alone, but the faith which works is never alone. The gospel therefore calls all people to “repent and believe.” A contraconditionally loving God will take you contrary to what you deserve, and then enable you by the power of the Spirit to become holy and obedient like his Son. By reconciling you to himself, God also reconciles you to his family, the church, and enables you as his people to represent together his own holy character and triune glory.”
― Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus
― Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus
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