Winn Collier writes about the beatitudes as encouragements for those at the margins rather than a recipe of ‘be this and get that’. Why? To assure us that in the kingdom, we should never be undone by finding ourselves at the margins. From the post: The life Jesus announces really does turn everything topsy-turvy. Jesus …
God sees our tears, and in the person of Jesus he has shed tears of his own. Our tears matter. From Scott Hubbard at Desiring God. When Jesus joined a crowd outside the town of Nain and watched a widow weep over her son’s body, “he had compassion on her” (Luke 7:13). Later, when Mary …
No one starts out with the intention of becoming bitter, writes Nancy Guthrie. To get there involves and accumulative process of gathering the hurts that will fuel a fire that will never stop burning. Guthrie tells of her own experience: No one ever says, “When I grow up, I want to be bitter.” But life …
David Powlison writes about lessons he learned as a Christian who went through a prolonged season of intense suffering. He avoids glib and sentimental expressions and also stays clear of wrongly placed triumphalism. From the post: …yes, we do learn from suffering, but it’s not a simple lesson. What’s most important is this: God shows …
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