Balm and Purpose

Gotta Serve Somebody

Like Bob Dylan, I love America (Go US Soccer 🇺🇸), but “My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man. My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood. But to a king and a kingdom.”

The Best Kind of Splitting Hairs

Indicative and imperatives; commands wrapped up in promises

Balm and Purpose

Grace and vision, or love births love

His Mercy > The Contagion

“He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

God with us —> I am with you always

The promise that bookends Matthew’s Gospel is for you