Tag Archives: grace

How Uganda Helped Me Get Family Right

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Robert Franklin

My mother and father took their vows to an altar they were convinced was unassailable. I soon arrived followed by a brother, another brother, and finally a sister. If a family were nuclear then we were explosive. Both sets of … Continue reading →

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consIDered: How far can we go in defending ourselves?

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Robert Franklin

These consIDered questions come from an open forum conducted at Main Street. These questions were not addressed at that forum due to the constraints of time. I pray that these answers are helpful as we seek to walk rightly in … Continue reading →

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Day 20 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Robert Franklin

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, 4 he will speak peace to his people, to his saints http://goo.gl/vC6GOA  Noisy lives need #peace The magnificence of the God of justice is that he deliberately intermingles that which we would naturally … Continue reading →

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Day 18 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Robert Franklin

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 16 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Robert Franklin

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 14 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Robert Franklin

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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