We have an infinite God who is beyond our control, but because that feels unsafe, we often remake him in our own image. In the book None Greater, Matthew Barrett says many of us have domesticated versions of God. We have explained away all the edges that shock us, but these small views of God...CLICK TO READ MORE.
Jason lay in bed, weakened and restless, unaware that the thorns piercing his life were the very tools God was using to save him from himself. He lay sick in bed in the middle of the business day as the cool breeze from the window rushed over him. He wondered how it had come to this. It wasn't the first time he had been here, and he hated every minute of it, but before it was all over, he would bless the Lord for the very thing that laid him low. Life had been busy for Jason for months now. He worked for... CLICK TO READ MORE.
A holy person is reminded of the evil in their own heart when they see others sin. Bernard tells of an old man who would weep whenever he saw someone sin. When asked why he grieved so deeply over another’s wrongdoing, the man replied, “He fell today, and I may fall tomorrow.” The sins of … Continue reading A Holy Heart’s Response to the Sins of Others
Dead. Black. Harmful. Guilty. These are not words that described a mere principle within me; they described me. Though life coursed through my veins, I was spiritually dead, and death was to be the only wage I would merit—not simply physical death, but eternal death. Flesh was the only word that could describe me. As … Continue reading A Soul Restored
The Fight of Faith 