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Adventures in Misreading the Bible I: Context, Context, Context
The idea that God wants us to be happy all the time is a myth. Instead, he offers us joy that has its basis in what God has done in and through Jesus for believers. Whether my circumstances are great or hard, God offers to us peace and joy. Joy is not happiness from happenings. It is a gift from God, one of the fruits of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5.
Where Did You Get That god?
“Away with the false god who requires that we make ourselves good enough to be acceptable to God. If that was possible, Jesus didn’t need to die. Instead, run to God. Enter his presence and experience the love that would lead God incarnate, Jesus, to die for you on the cross. Learn to abide in the great love he has for us. That’s my current project. May it be yours too.
Facing Crisis and Catastrophe
Have you faced a crisis in your life? Are you currently facing a crisis? Have you experienced a catastrophe? I have. I got an eye infection in 1989 and the AWFULmologists who “treated” me caused me to get a cataract in my mid-thirties and destroyed many of the limbal stem cells on my corneas.
How to Know God’s Will, Part 4b
The idea of finding God’s “perfect” will would have been meaningless in the social and historical context of most Christians for most of history. So, unless God redirected them, they didn’t fulfill some “dream” God had for them. They did as they were raised to do and lived for Jesus in their contexts.
Knowing God’s Will for Your Life Part 4a: The Struggle
However, often when we talk about knowing God’s will, Christians are thinking about whom to marry, what career to follow, or where to live. Sometimes, it can feel like being a detective, trying to solve a hard case. Before I talk about that process, I have a cautionary tale about myself.
How to Know God’s Will Part 3
Paul instructs the Christians at Rome to prove or approve what the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God is.” This means that we need to test.
How to Know God’s Will Part 2
What this means is that we cannot take a passive approach to do God’s will in this area. We have to make deliberate choices to avoid any kind of immorality.
How to Know God’s Will, Part 1
God’s Word provides instructions for core aspects of our lives. I am going to write a few posts on what the Bible tells us explicitly about God’s will for us.
How to Love God with Your Mind
Jesus calls us to have childlike faith. He did not call us to childish thinking. As Moreland said, “A flabby mind is no badge of spiritual honor.” Jesus knew his Bible well, and he knew God well. We should all want to be like Jesus. The reason that God works all things together for good, good which we might not see in this life, is “to be conformed to the image of his son” (Rom 8:29-30).
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