The Hot Coals and the Knife

Posted by Keith Howard on Monday, January 9, 2012
Here is a post that will make you stop and consider the great lengths God the Father and Jesus Christ went to in order to secure salvation for us. It is imaged by the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his pride and joy, Isaac. There is imagery carried forward into the crucifixion event. If we can zoom backwards from Isaac and his Father on the mountain, we will see Jesus and his Father filling the expanse of eternity with salvation.  I hope you enjoy this thoughtful piece,

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Keith Howard Keith is the proud husband of Stefanie, and they have two boys, Zakary, and Nicholas. He is the lead pastor of Buckeye First Assembly, a progressive, Pentecostal congregation in an exburb of Phoenix. Together Keith and Stefanie have been in ministry for more than two decades having served three congregations in Texas, Colorado, and now Arizona. They have been music ministers performing musicals for all ages; writing and aranging for choirs and orchestras; leading worship bands. Keith holds a Master's of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a BS in Sacred Music from Southwestern University.

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