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My son practicing his Chopin piece

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If you think "God hates you" then listen to this.

How glorious is Jesus! This is Mike Reeves, a British theologian.

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Eric Metaxas Speaking At The National Prayer Breakfast

This is worth listening to to the end.

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This is a powerful poem: God on a Stick

God on a Stick
By Paul Hobbs

They spit on his face and then they crucify him.
Jesus our Lord
He dies as a sinner
He dies as a blasphemer,
as an idolater,
as one who denies God
As one who betrays him

I stand before the cross and wonder
He is not guilty of these things but takes our place

He dies as one who boasts,
who gossips
As one who dishonors his parents
As a cheat, as a liar, as a thief
He dies as a fraud and an embezzler

I stand before the cross and fear
He is not guilty of these things but takes our place.

He dies as a sinner
He dies as one with evil thoughts
As a slave to lust, as a fornicator
As an adulterer, as an abuser of children

I kneel before the cross and weep
He is not guilty of these things but takes our place.

He dies as one full of jealousy
As one who is selfish, unkind and rude
As one who destructively manipulates others.

As one who envies and hates
He dies as a sadist
As one who destroys and murders

I pray before the cross and rejoice
He is not guilty of these things but takes our place
He is not to blame but dies to take the blame for us.
He is dying to forgive us

Stand, stand…
And watch Jesus die
Alone and with nothing…
God on a stick.

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God loves you so utterly and completely. Has anybody read T. F. Torrance?

"God loves you so utterly and completely that he has given himself for you in Jesus Christ his beloved Son, and has thereby pledged his very being as God for your salvation. In Jesus Christ God has actualised his unconditional love for you in your human nature in such a once for all way, that he cannot go back upon it without undoing the Incarnation and the Cross and thereby denying himself. Jesus Christ died for you precisely because you are sinful and utterly unworthy of him, and has thereby already made you his own before and apart from your ever believing in him. He has bound you to himself by his love in a way that he will never let you go, for even if you refuse him and damn yourself in hell his love will never cease. Therefore, repent and believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour." ~T. F. Torrance, "The Mediation of Christ", 94

(HT) Bobby Grow

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