The Happy Christian, Chapter 7
When people think that Christians are judgmental and harshly critical, they have a tendency to run the other way, but by being winsome and gracious, we may disarm their fears.
When people think that Christians are judgmental and harshly critical, they have a tendency to run the other way, but by being winsome and gracious, we may disarm their fears.
For those of us who know God, the glimpses of his grace that are evident in the world around us ought to cause our hearts to be lifted up in worship and praise.
The key to avoiding the unhealthy use of the past is not to replace bad nostalgia with good nostalgia. Instead, we must learn to look to the future in hope.
How many times in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, did Jesus send a prophet to rebuke his people for being hypocrites? And nothing changed in the New Testament, did it? He reserved some of his harshest criticism for religious hypocrites who professed to love God but never showed love to other people.
There are so many different aspects to our salvation, that we can spend the rest of our lives studying them without ever figuring it all out. Subjects such as justification, redemption, victory, reconciliation, atonement, and adoption for instance will occupy years of Bible study and meditation.