That Sweet and Sour Truth
If the Gospel is freeing, life-giving, and good, why is it so hard? Don’t get me wrong. The Gospel, euangélion, “Good News,” is indeed good news. There is nothing better. Every sadness, all darkness, every suffering has an answer. It is only temporary….
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Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4; 2Tim 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 “The rash one has no integrity; but the just one, because of his faith, will live.” The prophet Habakkuk is desperate because he is surrounded by many evils which he calls “violence.” There are two interrelated senses of that word as used by this prophet in Judah. […]
“After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, ‘Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.’ And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him.” -Luke 22:41-43 Sometimes we find ourselves in places where we beg God […]
Jacob was left there alone. Then a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob’s hip at its socket, so that Jacob’s socket was dislocated as he wrestled with him. The man then said, ‘Let me go, for it is […]
Today I’d like to discuss something in particular that has been on my mind, namely the ever-present fear that is found in our culture today. Look at all of the little things our Western countries worry about: We worry about our appearances, about how our food tastes, and about so many other things. We care so much […]
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you” (1 Peter 5:10). When Christ died upon His Cross, He destroyed sin. Through His death we are saved. While we may have to suffer in […]
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