Tag Archives: redemption

Be Careful. Remember.

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Pete

Every year there comes a point as I read in the latter chapters of Job where I ask myself, “Self, what do you make of Elihu?” You know, Elihu, the fourth man in the fray. Not one of the three … Continue reading →

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From Wretched to Reigning

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Pete

Finished up Jesus’s seven letter series to the churches. Laodicea, oh what a church. For some reason, this morning she brings to mind a song from the late ’70’s which declares “it can’t be wrong, when it feels so right, … Continue reading →

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By Justice and By Righteousness

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Pete

It’s gonna happen literally some day. But, if we have eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts which are attuned, God’s working the same stuff metaphorically in our day. And whether now or then, it’s ultimately accomplished in … Continue reading →

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Redemption in Abundance

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Pete

Three words in Psalm 130 provide my meal this morning. Chewing on the glory and the hope that is mine because the LORD doesn’t “keep an account of iniquities” (v.3), and that a holy God can, in righteousness and justice, … Continue reading →

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He Has a Song

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Pete

He’s got His own song! Who knew? He’s the Son of God and the Son of Man. He’s the King of Kings and the Suffering Servant. He’s the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God. He is the Creator … Continue reading →

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Satisfied

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Pete

To say I’m “chewing” on Isaiah 53 this morning would be to imply that it’s bite sized. Far from it. Isaiah 53 is a full meal deal, enough within it to process for an eternity. Not because it’s appetizing, not … Continue reading →

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The How of Suffering

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Pete

Not to oversimplify, and not to be overly influenced by the ways of our current culture, but it seems to me that Job and his friends had become quite polarized in there back and forth, round-and-round-we-go debate. Though they at … Continue reading →

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Like Father Like Son

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Pete

Yesterday morning I was thinking about what it looks for God to rejoice. Jesus taught that “there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents” (Lk. 15:10). And if the angels are before the throne of … Continue reading →

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Always a Song to Sing

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Pete

He wanted to sing again. He wanted songs of praise to flow freely and words of worship to be offered up once more before his God. But no matter how hard the songwriter tried, he couldn’t. ‘Cause life was really, … Continue reading →

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What A Story!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Pete

Ezekiel 16 has got to be one of the most amazing passages in all of Scripture. Not just because of the story told, but because it reveals that God is a Storyteller. His tale of a city, Jerusalem, waxes poetic … Continue reading →

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