Heralding Hope: The Past Advent of Jesus as Savior.  
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Heralding Hope: The Past Advent of Jesus as Savior.  

ByIsrael Shaw

God highlights his sovereign pleasure in his creation by choosing the promise as the way of the Savior. Mercy abounds from the very beginning of the Bible. Only through the promise do we have hope.  In Galatians 3, “Until Christ came,” The Savior has come. It has happened. All of history revolves around this reality.

Is the Law Our Drill Sergeant?  
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Is the Law Our Drill Sergeant?  

ByIsrael Shaw

Picture the law as a person in your life. How would he interact with you, and what role does he play? Do you imagine the law, as a person, will protect you? How can he? His strength is not his own. Indeed, this guardian is generally older and of little use elsewhere.  This law keeper safeguards the limits; and, when transgressed, administers rightful punishment dictated by justice. 

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The Private verses the Public: Pausing to Consider Proof of Salvation

ByIsrael Shaw

How do I know that I’m saved? That is a question I’ve heard with regularity throughout my ministry. It is a vitally important question and doesn’t belong on the heap of theological treatises that have no practical application in life. I come back to this conversation because of a few events within the past few…

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Name Change

ByIsrael Shaw

I have changed the name of my blog from “Out of Season” to “Beggars Beyond Our Door.” While changing the title of a blog is not a life changing event, this name change comes with many reasons. Perhaps I will post more as to why in the days to follow, but for now I will…