Tag: Gospel
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Day 349: How to Read Colossians (Colossians 3:1-4)
Colossians is a short letter with enormous theological weight. Written to a church Paul never visited, it confronts the temptation to supplement Christ with extra rules, experiences, or knowledge. This post offers a simple framework for reading Colossians well—by starting with Christ, reading commands as consequences of resurrection, and learning to live from the fullness…
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Day 343: Two Chains (Romans 8:29-30; Romans 10:13-15)
In hip-hop culture, two chains symbolize higher status. In Romans 8 and 10, Paul describes two chains far more important: the unbreakable chain God forges in salvation, and the mission-chain that must remain strong if the gospel is to reach the world.
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Day 319: The Sweet Aroma of Redemption (John 21:9-12)
When Peter smelled the charcoal fire on the shore of Galilee, he was pulled back to the night of his greatest failure. But Jesus didn’t build that fire to shame him—He built it to restore him. Jesus didn’t need the fish that morning. He wanted the fisherman.
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Day 356: New and Improved (Hebrews 8:13)
We love the latest and greatest—new phones, new tech, new upgrades. The writer of Hebrews uses that same logic to make a bold theological claim: in Christ, the old covenant has been made obsolete. Not discarded Scripture, but fulfilled promises. When the new arrives, the old no longer defines how we relate to God.
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Day 348: Writing Yourself Into the Narrative (Acts 27:37)
Luke quietly inserts himself into the story in Acts—not as a hero, but as a survivor. Saved from shipwreck, he became a witness who could not help but tell the story. God still writes people into the narrative the same way today.
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Day 300: What Does “Prodigal” Actually Mean? (Luke 15)
We call him the “prodigal son,” but that word never appears in the story. “Prodigal” doesn’t mean “wayward”—it means “recklessly extravagant.” And that makes the real prodigal in this story not the son, but the Father.
