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Journible The 17:18 Series: Acts

Journible The 17:18 Series: Acts The 17:18 Series: The Book of Acts by Joel R. Beeke and Rob Wynalda In Deuteronomy 17:18 Moses foretells of a future king coming to reign over Israel and copying the law himself rather than just acquiring a copy of the law. The role of writing down or scripting the Word of God is of paramount importance for the growth of the believer. With this truth in mind, Joel Beeke and Rob Wynalda have created Journibles. This Journible on the Book of Acts is both a resource to copy the Scriptures yourself and engage in some questions about the text. On the right hand side of the Journible is blank lines with verse indicators for you to copy down the whole Book of Acts. On the left side of the Journible are questions regarding context, theology, and details of the text for you to answer. In other words, this Journible on Acts incorporates a place for you to write your own copy of Acts while engaging with the details of the te...

God's Grace for All of Life

The Romance of Grace by Jim McNeely III To be honest, when I received this book in the mail I had visions of what it might be like with a title like, ‘The Romance of Grace.’ The emotional rollercoaster and one-sided perspective on how our emotions fuel our faith was my presumption about the book, but this was the furthest thing from the truth as I started reading. The Romance of Grace by Pastor Jim McNeely III is a careful look at the movements of grace in the way God pursues us with his love and his desire to get us to love him back. McNeely writes, “We are entering a cosmic romance with a passionate lover, and He is interested in our heart’s truest desire. His deepest objective isn’t to make us more moral; it is to get us to love Him back. Virtue is the fruit, not the root” (18). Why is this helpful? For one thing, beginning with God’s initiating grace frees us from starting out on the wrong foot in the way we tell the story and...

Crucifying Morality

Crucifying Morality: The Gospel of the Beatitudes by R.W. Glenn In his new book, Crucifying Morality: The Gospel of the Beatitudes, R.W. Glenn seeks to demystify the Beatitudes for the Christian. Rather than see the Beatitudes as imperatives ‘to be’ a certain kind of person or seeing them as providing an impossible hill to climb, Glenn sees then quite differently. He writes, “Christians, because they come to understand the grace of God, are people who are poor in spirit, who mourn and are meek, who hunger and thirst for righteousness not their own, who exude mercy and purity of heart, who make peace, and who experience persecution for Jesus’ sake. The Beatitudes are a profile of the Christian” (17). Furthermore, the Beatitudes are a kind of gospel litmus test for all those who believe, because they bear witness to the life available to those who have been saved by the grace of God. One of the best parts of the book was the first secti...

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