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All in Art
Jon Coutts has provided the church with a new platform to conceive of forgiveness and reconciliation. A Shared Mercy does not answer every question that church ministry will ask, but it provides the church a theology to repeal efforts of sins to disrupt Christ's body.
At the time I first listened to it, I'd never heard a Christmas song quite like it. And I haven't since.
Who uses cello on a country album? Lyle Lovett. Who makes a song about shooting your sweetheart's new husband sound otherworldly beautiful? Lyle Lovett.
"The entire life of the baptized is lived in view of the end, when Jesus returns for his people." - Jordan Cooper
You should read what you want. Be inspired by what you love. And if you feel inclined, enjoy the silliness of my own small memories as I write them.
O holy Christ, your voice is stronger
than the torrents tempting us to take
the earthy waters; human potters mold more vessels
but you call us
You can stream her music on Spotify, but really, she's in the So Good You'll Eventually Cave and Buy the Damn Albums category.
I hope that this book allows the conversation about God’s law to move forward. It is a conversation that needs to be held.
You only treat ideas fairly when you listen to the people who hold them. Toward that goal, I found McDurmon’s book to be helpful.
His usage of the Heidelberg Catechism throughout his exposition provides great historical light and reveals that many of his insights are not novel.
