A Ragamuffin Knows He's Only A Beggar

None Of Us Has Ever Seen A Motive. Therefore, We Don't Know We Can't Do Anything More Than Suspect What Inspires The Action Of Another. For This Good And Valid Reason, We're Told Not To Judge. Tragedy Is That Our Attention Centers On What People Are Not, Rather Than On What They Are And Who They Might Become.

Accepting The Reality Of Our Sinfulness Means Accepting Our Authentic Self. Judas Could Not Face His Shadow; Peter Could. The Latter Befriended The Impostor Within; The Former Raged Against Him.

We Must Go Out Into A Desert Of Some Kind (your Backyard Will Do) And Come Into A Personal Experience Of The Awesome Love Of God.

God Is A Kooky God Who Can Scarcely Bear To Be Without Us.

Nevertheless, The Central Affirmation Of The Reformation Stands: Through No Merit Of Ours, But By His Mercy, We Have Been Restored To A Right Relationship With God Through The Life, Death, And Resurrection Of His Beloved Son. This Is The Good News, The Gospel Of Grace