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Psalm 90: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Mark 16:1-8 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
If Psalm 71:1-6 offends your autonomy, good; grace is meant to dethrone self-rule—today, not someday.
James 5:7-10 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Malachi 3: By prevenient grace, it doesn’t flatter us—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
1 Corinthians 15: Under God’s sovereignty, it meets us gently—magnifies grace and summons covenant faithfulness to God’s glory.
Colossians 1: From the underside of history, it names oppression as sin and calls the Church to liberating praxis.
1 Corinthians 15: In the Church’s witness, it meets us gently—calls us to repent, believe, and walk in holy obedience.
If Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real.
Mark 13:24-37 29:1, 4-7 points beyond itself to the person and work of Jesus—today, not someday.
In Romans 5:1-5, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Isaiah 43:16-21 exposes pious excuses—if faith never costs power, it’s probably not liberation—today, not someday.
If 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire.
Revelation 21: In God’s mission, it doesn’t flatter us—sends the Church to embody the Kingdom in word and deed.
Psalm 90: In the Church’s witness, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to repent, believe, and walk in holy obedience.
If Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 annoys you, check your heart; conviction is often mercy in disguise.
Colossians 1: As Law and Gospel, it exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.
Jeremiah 31: In God’s mission, it doesn’t flatter us—sends the Church to embody the Kingdom in word and deed.
Colossians 1: Through the margins, it meets us gently—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.
Psalm 71:1-6 declares God’s preferential option for the oppressed—salvation as concrete liberation—today, not someday.
Psalm 126 invites expectancy: God can move in your life today—today, not someday.
Psalm 126 asks who benefits and who bleeds; God’s good news always has a direction—toward the marginalized.
Malachi 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Hebrews 11: By prevenient grace, it invites a real response that grows into holy love.