Scripture: Nehemiah 5:1-19
“The gospel miracle is that human beings like us from time to time evade the temptations of power and the brittleness of success and actually manage to vulnerably love another person who has all the potential of turning on us and rejecting us. Every time such love is ventured, another piece of the gospel is proclaimed, and the Kingdom of God is made credible.”
Eugene H. Peterson, Leap Over A Wall
“Considering the full sweep of the Christian tradition, one would have to conclude that the most profane word we can utter is that word, mine.”
William Willimon
“‘Fear God!’ is a call that puts us in our place and puts all other fears, hopes, and aspirations in their place.”
Derek Kidner
“The fear of God is that affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father’s law.”
Charles Bridges
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