Tag: Gospel
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Day 034: Redeeming the Unclean (Exodus 13:13)
God’s command to redeem the firstborn revealed a surprising problem: what do you do with an unclean animal like a donkey? The answer was substitution. A clean lamb could take its place—or the donkey would die. It’s a vivid picture of the gospel: even when our lives look “useful” or “good,” our very nature falls…
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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.
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Day 287: The Treasure and the Pearl: Two Stories, One Gospel (Matthew 13:44-46)
Jesus told two parables that sound almost identical—a treasure hidden in a field and a pearl of great price. But look closer: one describes how we find salvation, and the other reveals how salvation found us. Together they tell the story of a God who gave all He had to make us His own.
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Day 286: Praying Shamelessly (Luke 11:8-9)
Jesus’ story about the midnight visitor teaches more than persistence—it invites us to pray without shame. The gospel restores what Eden lost: the freedom to come to our Father completely vulnerable, completely safe, completely loved.