The Painted Door Church - Chicago
The Painted Door Church is church family that gathers in Chicago, IL. We are a people who share the same story; we are sinner, saved by grace. We draw our name from the Exodus account in the Hebrew Scriptures, when God spared his people from judgement, passing over all homes that had the blood of a spotless lamb painted across their doorways. Jesus is the new spotless lamb, his death on a Roman cross sparing the people of God from judgment once for all. He reconnects us to our Maker and to each other and invites us to participate in his grand work of restoring all things.
The Painted Door Church - Chicago
Of Crowns and Thorns: Salvation Without Regret / 2 Corinthians 7:1-16
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Pastor Kirk McKelvey
We all have regrets, whether big or small. Foolish decisions, lost opportunities, costly mistakes, bridges burned, words said or left unsaid. Regrets can plague us and torment us and seemingly eat us alive at times. Yet as we live long with them we find they also have a certain comfort and usefulness. The Apostle Paul delivers the hopeful but unsettling news that regrets have no place in salvation. They are not easily discarded, but there is a better comfort to be had: Jesus has borne our guilt and our grief.