The proverbial expression about taking the metaphorical lemons life gives you and turning them into lemonade begs always leaves you wondering where you can consistently get that much sugar. Instead of trying to find a good perspective on a bad situation, Courtney Reissig provides the helpful perspective that sometimes Christians can only look from the …
John Starke writes about the place of lament in corporate worship. … the Bible gives us several good reasons why lamenting should be a part of our normal Christian worship, even if we are not lamenting our own circumstances. In no particular order of importance, here are four such reasons. We sing songs of lament …
“Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest place in town.” Quote attributed to Walter Brueggemann. From here.
I’ve written before how Jeremiah 29:11 (“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future”) has turned into the John 3:16 (For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only …
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