A Parable of a Prodigal's Repentance

The compassion of God is a subject that must ever be before us. We are so incredibly sinful yet God is so radically compassionate. The Scottish Puritan, Hugh Binning, reminds us of this in this imaginary conversation between a broken sinner and God. “[The sinner says,] ‘I am exceeding perverse and wicked; there is nothing in me but wickedness. It so abounds in me that there is none like me.’ But, saith the Lord . . .

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Paul's Link to Christ's Power

I'm always amazed by Paul's perspective on life. He was the kind of guy that could get knocked down but never stay down. He got up. And the reason he was able to do this was not because he had greater self-confidence than the next guy. He could get back up because his confidence was in Christ. Paul's life was clipped on to the strength of Christ so that when the winds of suffering blew he would be unmoved.

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