We inhabit a culture obsessed with images of perfection, whether they be our bodies or our lifestyles. Add to that our inclination to idealise and normalise the best of what we perceive around us and our lives become a mire of dis-satisfaction. Altered photographs fill our media, creating a false sense of bodily perfection. Commerce …
The Gospel frees us from surrounding ourselves with people just like us. It also helps us think about what church we should go to on the basis of opportunity to serve rather than the basis of what I think I need. From Michael Horton’s The Gospel Driven Life. ht & ht The last thing we …
Some professing Christians fall into the error of believing their profession (and even regular church attendance) means that they should have a happy life. Well, maybe not happy, but at least a life without their current worst problem. It’s sort of like maintaining a gym membership, and maybe even visiting the gym on a regular …
Sometimes we seek the miraculous to remove the signposts which point us to Jesus, instead of wanting the Jesus we’re being pointed to. From Zack Eswine’s Sensing Jesus. This presence of inconsolable things reminds us that healing is not the same as heaven. Miracles are real and powerful, but they do not remove the inconsolable …
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