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  • The Bridge is Love

    In Eph. 4:15, the Apostle Paul calls us to “speak the truth in love.” The following may serve as illustration.

    Imagine a train crossing a bridge over a deep chasm. The train is truth; the bridge is love. In relationships with others, we must first build up our love for them, and their perception of it. Only then may we send the heavy truth of truth between us.

    So, when you are faced with a potentially difficult conversation, always ask yourself: Is my relationship with this person rooted firmly enough in love to bear the weight of the truth I wish to communicate? Our goal is to “speak the truth” for the maturity of the Body (Eph. 4 context). But what good will it do to speak the truth if the train crashes in the chasm?

    (revised from a note of my father’s)

  • My Dad’s Prayer

    Reading my dad’s final journal tonight, I came across a time that he was praying with someone and he says that he gave them “both sides” of Phil. 1. I am certain this is what he meant. A greater testament to his character (in the Holy Spirit) could not be imagined. May it be true of all of us.

    “Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all asahmed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.” (Phil. 1:18-24)

    And so he stayed until the time when the Lord called him home, and he could say, “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.”

  • First Draft of the Hebrews Commentary is Up

    The first draft of my dad’s Hebrews commentary is up now. If you have any suggestions for revision, questions for clarification, etc. feel free to put them in the comments below.

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