for only through faith does the world make sense. Reason reaches its limit with what it can see and hold and measure, but it cannot see what is yet to come. Faith, it says, is the substance of things hoped for and the conviction of things unseen. These things are not accessible in ...
But as Alyssa Poblete points out: This song celebrates what Christ came to do. And along with looking back at the grace accomplished in the past, we also look forward to the grace accomplished for our future, to the ultimate joy to be revealed[3]. That enlightenment helps explain that puz...
“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience . . . without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. . . . If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone ...
and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.2The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.3Every...
Faith is being sure of what we do not see (seeHebrews 11:1) We choose to believe even when what we see seems contradictory to our beliefs. God is who He says He is or He is not. I’m not trying to explain away your pain. I just know that sometimes our finite minds are limited...
Victims: threatened, coerced, made complicit > shame & fear>silence Perps: hard to believe they’d do that Fear: false accusations can destroy one Pastoral implications 2: Theological stance Theology of love is central God’s love for every person – better or worse ...
We should not be too afraid to speak his kingliness – He is king! But while Jesus walked this earth, he kept his kingship hidden until the end of his life. He says to Pilate J18: “Yousay that I am a king” He came as a servant, not as a Royal, Monarch, President, Dictator...
His word is a promise to us that we can do all things through him. 2 Timothy: "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." (2 Timothy 1:7) This promise of God reminds us that He didn't give us a spirit of fear but one of power, love, ...
“We all know what a tomb is. It’s a grave. It’s where dead people are,” the author says. “And interestingly, Jesus even likens PEOPLE to tombs at times, especially when He’s talking to hypocrites.” As He said: “You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the...
If I’m not careful my mind can slide into fear and worry, especially about the needs and struggles of loved ones. Or I can slip backward into hurts or regrets of the past. Release from such thoughts is not always easy. But I’ve heard it said, “What is IM-possible is HIM-...