Teachings & Devotionals
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Thirty six verses use the verb our Bibles translate justified. God justifies sinners, people justify God, and wisdom is justified by her children. The range itself is the argument.
Clark Pickett·August 31, 2026·12 min read
ReadThey quote the same verse about the same man and reach opposite sounding conclusions. Here is how the major traditions have handled that, and where they actually disagree.
Clark Pickett·August 31, 2026·19 min read
ReadThe same Greek root stands behind righteousness, righteous, and justify. Paul and James both reach for that family of words, and they use it to answer two different questions.
Clark Pickett·August 1, 2026·7 min read
ReadA survey of the Greek word family behind our English word righteousness, the five distinct senses that emerged from reading all 86 occurrences, and why the closer I looked, the less willing I was to force every verse into a single category.
Clark Pickett·July 15, 2026·9 min read
ReadMoses hid his face at the burning bush. Yet the Angel of the Lord made a way for a man to meet God and live, and Isaiah promises a God who answers before we even call.
Clark Pickett·June 24, 2026·4 min read
ReadWe teach that context is everything. So what do we make of the apostles, who sometimes lift an Old Testament verse beyond its first meaning and use it rightly anyway?
Clark Pickett·June 24, 2026·4 min read
ReadThree New Testament letters, written by different hands to different people, that together show us how to understand, live in, and continue in our salvation.
Clark Pickett·June 18, 2026·6 min read
ReadIt is easy to settle for a small gospel. Ephesians 2 calls us into one that begins in death, moves through resurrection, and ends with God dwelling among his people.
Clark Pickett·June 17, 2026·5 min read
ReadPeter's final written words are an invitation, not a demand. Growth in the Christian life is grace from beginning to end.
Kathy Pickett·June 12, 2026·2 min read
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