WILDERNESS: The Seven Most Distressing Words in the Bible
I believe God wants us to read the Bible with this primary question: How do we live in the presence of the one true, holy, and loving God in the wilderness?
I believe God wants us to read the Bible with this primary question: How do we live in the presence of the one true, holy, and loving God in the wilderness?
It is impossible to overestimate the pervasive permeation of the self-referenced structure of our lives. This is the law of sin.
An admission says, “I did it, but it was not my fault.” A confession is simple honesty before God about what is true.
This is what God is looking for in us: someone who will not give up on God’s people even when it seems like God has given up on them himself.
This is what God is looking for in us: someone who will not give up on God’s people even when it seems like God has given up on them himself.
The hands of the ones who make the representations of gods soon become the self-appointed hands of the gods themselves.
God only wants one thing of us: bonded attachment in our relationship with him and covenant faithfulness in our relationships with others.
We must all at once depend completely on God’s mercy without presuming on his grace. This is impossible unless we actually know God.
If our relationship with God doesn’t directly show up in our relationships with each other, our relationship with God is broken.