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December 28, 2025
Some truths can be admired from a distance. The gospel does not permit that kind of detachment. It is not presented in Scripture as a mood, a preference, or a spiritual instinct. It comes as public news about what God has done in history, a...
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Some words are so familiar that they risk becoming indistinct. “Gospel” can be one of them. It is central, endlessly repeated, and yet easy to hear without feeling its weight. In the opening line of Mark, the word arrives with unusual force...
Continue readingApril 10, 2025
Some sayings of Jesus feel difficult because they are severe. Others are difficult because they seem to resist immediate understanding. Matthew 11 belongs to both categories. In a brief stretch of verses, Jesus speaks of John the Baptist as...
Continue readingDecember 10, 2023
There is a difference between admiring mercy and practicing it. One can speak warmly about compassion, sing about grace, and still remain largely untouched by the inconvenience of loving another person. Scripture presses beyond admiration....
Continue readingApril 11, 2023
Our text today is from 1 Corinthians 15:12-28. The Bible says, “Nowif Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say thatthere is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of thedead, then not even...
Continue readingMay 17, 2021
The past, the present and the future of the South Penn Church of Christ is nothing more and nothing less than the cross of Jesus Christ.It is at the cross where we find meaning in life. It is at the cross where we find purpose in life. It i...
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