You Can be Closer to God
2 Peter 3:18 (NASB 2020) urges us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” This “knowledge of our Lord” is another pertinent use of close.
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Painful Relationships
A Few Thoughts on Relationships and Pain There are two major perspectives from which we need to view relationship. 1) The spiritual perspective—relationship with God. Some call this vertical relationship. 2) Earthly relationship—relationship with other people. Some call this horizontal relationship. Earthly relationships do two primary things. 1) Relationships, primarily marriage but also family relationships,…
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Adversity and Eternal Glory
Adversity and Eternal Glory2 Corinthians 4 2 Corinthians 4:1 (NIV)1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Paul’s ministry, and ours, is to reveal the life of Christ to others. For some of us, that can seem out of reach. It can seem to us that some teachers…
