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The cursed of Canaan are visited by the blessed

The judgements of God are too infrequently considered, sometimes because those who disparage them do not find in their consideration what they presumed—the innocent. All the same, whoever neglects to consider God’s righteous judgements upon the guilty, will also forfeit a discovery of God’s grace. One of the ironies of God’s work in history is that he reconstitutes judgement for salvation, and death for life.

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Commentary & Exposition

- 1 John
- 1 John 3:1-13

Hidden & Revealed

Christ's resurrection & the believer's identity

When John finally concludes his first epistle, he leaves the reader with an unparalleled certainty: The believer knows he has eternal life (1 John 5:12-13). This is the knowledge that is offered up against presumption, and it is the hope that stands against speculation. The modern reader is not without his own spiritual aspirations, but John writes of what the believer may know. Likewise, the ancient reader was not without his eternal ambitions, and John’s epistle associates this kind of knowledge with the Son of God.

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Essays & Assorted Articles

Reading Genesis

Unbelief & reading scripture

I find that I read Genesis 3 somewhat differently than I do its two preceding chapters. There is nothing substantially different about the third chapter; it is only that, from that point on, scripture records people so much like me. This is not true of the second chapter. And this means I must read carefully.

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