Archive for March, 2012

Suffering March 29, 2012 No Comments

“Everyone should be warned: ‘Give your life utterly to Christ and you will eventually suffer much more than you can now comprehend.’ But there is no way a man can communicate to daring young Christians the amount of suffering they will encounter in one lifetime.”   Suffering is one of those realities of life that […]

Burdens March 21, 2012 No Comments

“We must distinguish between the burden bearing that is right and the burden-bearing that is wrong. We ought never to bear the burden of sin or of doubt but there are burdens places on us by God which He does not intend to lift off, He wants us to roll them back on Him. If […]

Combat March 15, 2012 No Comments

“At the sight of human sin, one wonders whether to combat it by force or by humble love. Always decide ‘I will combat it by humble love.’ If you resolve that once for all, you can conquer the whole world. Loving humility is a terrible force: it is the strongest of all things, and there […]

Trust March 7, 2012 No Comments

During my time in California for my doctoral work, the professor talked a lot about Galatians 5. The main concepts related to Galatians 5 included trust, righteousness, the Holy Spirit and the notion of adoption. These are four very significant concepts that I continue to unpack as I start to study and wrestle with the […]