Posted in Christian Living, Trials/Sufferings, Christian Culture on May 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
I often times find it hard to escape poor theology surrounding God’s love/favor. It just seems to be ingrained in our heads (and in our culture) that material blessings always equal God’s favor towards us.
Take the excerpt below for an example. In the book A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness, the Puritan Jeremiah Burroughs states:
“For example, suppose […]
Posted in The Gospel, Trials/Sufferings on Feb 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
I enjoyed the video below by John Piper (thanks to purgatorio, again). Check out below and then see a few of my follow-up comments:
Though Piper’s point is very true and well-taken, I believe a more insidious version of the same ‘gospel’ is also making huge waves in the church. Specifically, most of who we’d refer […]
Posted in Christian Living, Trials/Sufferings on Jul 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
One ever-present reality of still living in a fallen world is the fact that disagreements and dissensions still regularly take place even among those who have been changed by the marvelous grace of Jesus Christ. Christians disagree, they always have (see Peter and Paul), and they always will.
But disagreements in themselves are not sinful; it’s […]
Posted in Witnessing, Christian Living, Trials/Sufferings on Jun 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
Have you ever considered what an anti-suffering Christian culture we live in now days? Or rather, as I would propose to you, have you noticed how the standards of being a Christian have been lowered to the point where any real suffering (because of our faith) has almost become non-existent?
There is no doubt that we […]
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