In my last post, I left off with the second shade of suffering. I also realized that we still haven’t gotten around to the big question I posed in the first article, “Can God be both sovereign and loving at the same time?” Or, to put it differently, “Why would God allow bad things to happen to good people?” That …
In 2014, I read an incredible book about suffering from a Christian perspective. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Dr. Tim Keller was an eye-opening book for me. If you haven’t read it, you should seriously read it right now. It’s that important. In the Western culture that I grew up in, suffering is viewed through a very narrow …
This is an excellent question. One that many American Churches have been wrestling with for more than a year. As we continue to try to do ministry and have a modicum of normalcy in the midst of the Pandemic, it’s a fair question to ask. At first, we were trying to “Flatten the Curve.” Though now, it’s hard to say …
This was a post written during Grace Community Churhe’s 2-Year giving initiative “LET’S GO.” About 6 years ago I lost my job. Well, to be fair I quit more so than lost it. My wife and I moved out of the area to be near family and what followed was 2 and half years of truly hard financial times for …
This was a post written during Grace Community Churhe’s 2-Year giving initiative “LET’S GO.” Have you ever wondered why Church’s seem to talk about giving and tithing so much? Does it ever feel like Churches worry too much about money? Why do Churches even talk about money at all? Can’t we just trust God and hope He provides? These are …
