We love mercy—but we also long for justice.

In this RambleCast episode, Dalyn wrestles honestly with a tension we all feel: mercy for me, justice for you. Scripture tells us to love mercy and to do justice—but how can both truly exist without one cancelling the other out?

This reflection walks through Micah 6:8, the nature of justice, the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, and why the cross is the only place where mercy is given without justice being denied. Jesus didn’t eliminate justice—He satisfied it.

From the pain of personal harm to the fear of judgment, this episode explores why the cross matters not just for forgiveness, but for healing, freedom, and peace. Justice will be done. Mercy has already been given. And neither comes at the expense of the other.

Raw, unscripted, and rooted in truth—this is a reminder that we don’t have to chase vengeance or live in fear, because Jesus satisfied justice on our behalf.

As Jesus brings the Sermon on the Mount toward its conclusion, He draws a clear line between the kingdom of God and the way of the world.

In this verse-by-verse teaching from Matthew 7:12–14, we explore what we often call the Golden Rule—and why it’s far more than a simple moral principle. Jesus isn’t offering a promise of fair treatment or a strategy for social harmony. He’s revealing the heart of the Law: perfect love.

From there, Jesus moves seamlessly into His warning about the narrow gate and the hard way that leads to life. These aren’t separate ideas. The call to love as God loves exposes the impossible standard we cannot meet on our own—and the grace that makes a way where none existed.

This episode looks at:

• Why the Golden Rule reflects God’s perfect love, not human effort

• How the narrow gate is not about trying harder, but trusting fully

• Why self-denial is both the hardest and most freeing path

• How grace empowers what law demands but cannot produce

The way is narrow. The standard is perfect. And the hope is found in the One who loved perfectly and opened the gate.

In this verse-by-verse teaching through Matthew 7:7–11, Jesus’ familiar words—ask, seek, knock—are placed back into their proper context within the Sermon on the Mount.

Rather than a blanket promise that God will give us whatever we want, this passage answers a deeper question that has been building throughout the sermon:
How are we supposed to live up to such a high standard?
How do broken, insufficient people enter the Kingdom—and then actually live as Kingdom citizens?

Jesus’ answer is not self-effort, spiritual performance, or “name it and claim it” faith. It’s relationship.
Ask. Seek. Knock.

This teaching explores:

• Why this passage is not an abrupt shift, but a natural response to everything Jesus has already said

• How ask, seek, knock is about entering and living in the Kingdom—not demanding outcomes

• What it means to trust God as a good Father who gives what we need, not what would harm us

• Why this passage cannot be used to support Word-of-Faith or prosperity theology

• How sufficiency, wisdom, and obedience flow from dependence on the Father—not perfection

This is a promise of access, not entitlement.
A call to trust, not to manipulate God.
And a reminder that the grace to walk in truth begins with knowing who your Father is.