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Letters for the Edification of All
Fully Qualified
“In Your grace, You use nothing but unsuitable instruments
And here we are now, assembled for service.
I qualify as just such an unworthy servant,
So use me, I ask You, according to grace,
In line with Your goodness, in line with Your purposes.”
21 Prayers, p. 110
Pretty Simple When You Think About It
“Those who are in favor of smaller government are, when this is translated, in favor of a smaller capacity for coercion. Those who are in favor of bigger government are in favor of increased opportunities for coercion.”
Empathy in the High Places
Casting down imaginations . . . (2 Cor. 10:5) The high places of old that kings in Judah were reluctant to tear down, even the good kings, were places that presented themselves well. The groves were stately, the trees well-spaced, the shrines impressive, the walkways manicured. There was a sense of the numinous and holy, …
A Crown by Faith
Introduction In the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, we see that the cross is very much in view. At the same time, it is still appropriate to call it a triumphal entry because the reality of resurrection is equally central. We might even say that the death of Christ is surrounded by resurrection. Jesus …
And Their Coercion Is Invisible to Them
“Jesus hates socialism. He hates statism. He hates crony capitalism. Why? Because it doesn’t run on love. Love is obligatory, but it is not coercive. Coercion, masked as it is by the lies of modern statist theory, is their great counterfeit of love.”
Explosive Glory
“But we want to see You glorified now.
And deliverance that comes like a bolt from the blue
Would also be glorious, and Your name would be praised in it,
But I pray we might see this grace as its building.
Father, I pray for a gathering crescendo
That then reaches in glory a climax of wonder.
I pray that Your glory comes in like a thunderclap,
So that we might try to match an amen.”
21 Prayers, p. 106
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With His Left Hand
“Your Spirit can move as He always has.
Why don’t You come down—show up and show off?
Throw them all down and all their devices.
And with the left hand of Your cruciform power?”
21 Prayers, p. 105