Tag: Jesus
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Day 268: Did God Command Divorce in Ezra? (Ezra 7-10)
Ezra responds to Israel’s sin of foreign marriages with deep repentance, but did God actually command the divorces in Ezra 10—or was it Shecaniah’s idea? This reflection wrestles with the tension between law and grace, the wounds left for children, and the hope of restoration pointing forward to Christ.
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Day 273: The Sun and the Son (Malachi 1:11; 4:2)
Malachi closes the Old Testament with a promise: the Lord’s name will be great among the nations, and the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. The last light of the prophets points us to the coming of Christ.
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Today in Church History: May 20
In 325, the Council of Nicea convened on this date. At issue was the nature of Jesus. Was He “of similar substance” to God the Father, or was He “of the same substance?” Why does that matter? J. Stephen Lang, in The Christian History Devotional, seems to be saying it doesn’t. That it was a…
