This article was originally written for Christ Hold Fast. Through the course of studying for my sermon series on the Gospel of Mark, I grew incredibly fond of the sermons of Alexander Maclaren. His expositions became a beloved resource to which I often resorted. I am particularly keen on his articulations of the gospel which serve to inspire my own proclamations of the “faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” (Jude 1:3) A thread which binds Maclaren’s expositions together, though, was the lowly, compassionate love of God as seen in Christ’s fraternization with and even embrace of sinners. He was unafraid and unashamed to welcome the uncleanest of the unclean and the worst of the outcasts with the sincerest grace.
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On grace for the outcasts.
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This article was originally written for Christ Hold Fast. Through the course of studying for my sermon series on the Gospel of Mark, I grew incredibly fond of the sermons of Alexander Maclaren. His expositions became a beloved resource to which I often resorted. I am particularly keen on his articulations of the gospel which serve to inspire my own proclamations of the “faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” (Jude 1:3) A thread which binds Maclaren’s expositions together, though, was the lowly, compassionate love of God as seen in Christ’s fraternization with and even embrace of sinners. He was unafraid and unashamed to welcome the uncleanest of the unclean and the worst of the outcasts with the sincerest grace.