When God’s Saving Work Causes Present Suffering
God’s saving work entails worldly ridicule. Should you be saved by God, your life will never be normal. Continue reading When God’s Saving Work Causes Present Suffering
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True Peace Comes at Great Cost
The way some people talk about peace seems very degrading to me. They talk about it as if it is a trick of the mind. As if we just need to clear the papers off our desk and close our eyes, then—poof!—stress is gone. Continue reading True Peace Comes at Great Cost
3 Concise Overviews of Salvation from Scripture
The New Testament offers these (at least) three overviews of the whole of salvation (idea originally from Sinclair B. Ferguson’s The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction). Read these and reflect on how they reveal God’s glory. Continue reading 3 Concise Overviews of Salvation from Scripture
Imposter Syndrome and the Christian Life
The imposter syndrome is the name our culture has given to the constant feeling that you do not belong to your own community or that your accomplishments are illegitimate. Far from humility, this is an irrational state of paranoia that causes us to think of ourselves more as we think less of ourselves. I sometimes experience this and maybe you do too. Continue reading Imposter Syndrome and the Christian Life
Within the Word 