Author Archives: Robert Franklin
Day 18 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
There is a human urge to make grace more complicated than it is. The pure Gospel rejects this urge every time. https://biblia.com/verseoftheday/lightbox/EN_Acts_15_10 … The demand of the Gospel is enough, according to Jesus: If you want to be a follower of … Continue reading
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Day 17 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. http://goo.gl/c7XE19 #livingasIshould #grace I read an article this morning about the introduction of an ‘inter-gender’ pronoun in Sweden. I suppose the Swedes no longer … Continue reading
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Day 16 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
The expletive was not deleted: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. http://goo.gl/C9jbd0 Amazing! God stooped so far to scoop us up The Law’s curse is death. Harsh, but true. Death … Continue reading
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Day 15 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. http://goo.gl/OQ541L Power I need everyday. This simple phrase speaks perhaps the most overlooked truth of the Christian life. Modern Western Christianity … Continue reading
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Day 14 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
I want neither a blood’n’guts religion that would make Clint Eastwood, not Jesus, our hero, nor a speculative religion that would imprison the Gospel in the halls of academia, nor a noisy, feel-good religion that is a naked appeal to emotion. I long for passion, intelligence, and compassion in a Church without ostentation, gently beckoning to the world to come and enjoy the peace and unity we possess because of the Spirit in our midst.–Brennan Manning Continue reading
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Day 13 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets
…4 I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. http://goo.gl/3cE7Gs #whenkidsdie I came to the office today to be greeted by some dear friends burdened by the deepest of … Continue reading
