“In (Jesus Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that (God) lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight (God) has made known to us the mystery of (their) will, according to (their) good pleasure that (God) set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in (Christ), things in heaven and things on earth.”
After the deaths of Harper, Fletcher, Charlie Kirk, and the two shooters, as well as the eighteen injured in Minneapolis and the two injured in Evergreen, I shared the following words with Paradox on Saturday, September 13.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. Galatians 5:6 NRSVUE
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 NRSVUE
All the way back in the year 2000, I sat, glued to my tv in Redlands as I watched the Olympic high dive finals taking place in Sydney, Australia. Against all odds, the American diver, Laura Wilkinson, was in the medal hunt.
“In (Jesus Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that (God) lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight (God) has made known to us the mystery of (their) will, according to (their) good pleasure that (God) set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in (Christ), things in heaven and things on earth.”
—The Apostle Paul, Ephesians 1:7-10, NRSVUE