Unfinished Business
Richard L. Floyd
The Christian life is more like gardening than it is like cooking. You plant seeds, you water and tend your garden, and you wait for God to give the growth.
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Richard L. Floyd
Many of the scripture readings for Advent are full of such warnings and dire forebodings.
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Richard L. Floyd
Just before the parable of the Good Samaritan, a lawyer tried to trick Jesus so he asked him, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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Richard L. Floyd
When the early church heard about the healings that Jesus had done, they understood them as signs that the long-awaited reign of God had begun in him.
Read moreGod's Righteousness and Ours
Richard L. Floyd
The concept of "righteousness" was important to Ancient Israel's self-understanding of their covenant with God.
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