The Afterword

Tag: mercy

  • Mercy Triumphs – James 2:1-13

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    Last time Jesus was on earth,crowds followed himlike a rockstar,not fanboys,not fangirls,but the poor,the sick,the unclean,the hungry,the frightened,the ones who had run outof other doors to knock on. And he did not turn them away. Often late into the nightcompassion kept him awake,healing one more body,touching one more wound,answering one more desperate hope. Then, in…

  • To Walk With God – Leviticus 26

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    He is not silent.He is not distant.He is the Onewho split the sea,who broke the yoke,who carried you out of Egyptwhen your arms were too weak to lift. You didn’t earn rescue.You were just there—and he came. Forty-nine timeshis name pulses through Leviticus:I am the Lord.This is not legislation for its own sake.It is the…

  • The Jubilee – Leviticus 25

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    This is an odd book for us in 2025—regulations, rhythms, sabbaths, soil—but liberty is etchedon the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia:“Proclaim liberty throughout the landto all its inhabitants.”Leviticus, of all things. We want to be free.God wants it more.He etched freedom into the calendar—every fiftieth year,a holy reset,a factory restorefor a fractured world. Imagine Sarah,her cupboards…

  • There Is Freedom and Then There Is Freedom

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    In a world that worships the self, Augustine’s Confessions reads like a heresy. Where our age insists, “Be true to yourself,” Augustine responds, “But what if I don’t know who that is?” We often link freedom with the power to choose—what we eat, where we live, how we present ourselves to the world. Desire becomes…