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Category Archives: God's Patience
God’s dispositional will
This dimension of God’s will reveals that God is not inwardly disposed to or delighted by… Continue reading
Learning the ways of God
Is your trouble a sense of failure? The knowledge of having made some significant mistake? Go back to God; his restoring grace waits for you. Continue reading
Posted in Failure, God, God as Potter, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged Failure, Forgiveness, Loss
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Why do I feel so torn?
If you are a teacher in the Church or one who influences other followers of Christ, please make sure they understand the painful reality of the tension they will experience and how torn they will feel because of God’s Spirit living in them. The Christian life is one of tension between the already and the not yet. Continue reading
Posted in Blessed by God, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church Leadership, Conflict, Contentment, Depravity, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Doubt, Encouragement, Eternal life, Eternal security, Faith, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Guidelines for living, Holy Spirit, Hope?, Meaning of life, Pastors, Salvation, Sanctification, Spirit filled, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Temptation, Trials
Tagged Christian life is not easy, Life hurts, Life with God is hard, new Christians must know this, spiritual growth, Suffering, Trials, When life is hard
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Expect the unexpected with God
Here is an occasion when people say, “It can’t be done” or “He’s too far gone.” But remember to expect the unexpected with God! Don’t be surprised when the predictable gives way to the unpredictable! Stand in humble awe at the ways of God! Continue reading
Posted in Apostle Paul, Christian life, Christianity, Glorify God, God, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Will, Gospel, Grace, Mercy, Salvation, Wisdom
Tagged A great story, Salvation, The apostle Paul
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The parable of the wheat and tares
One of the most misinterpreted parables of Jesus. Continue reading
Final Restoration of all things
Great statements on final and full restoration of everything. Continue reading
Posted in Coming of Christ, Creation, Eschatology, Eternal life, God's Patience, God's control, God's power, God's Will, Hope?, Prophecy, Reconciliation, Restoration
Tagged end times, eschatology, prophecy
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Confused about God in a world of suffering
In our efforts to understand how God relates to the evil actions of humans (or even to His own acts of judgment), we must make some important distinctions concerning God’s will. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Bitterness, Christian worldview, Comfort, D. A. Carson, Depravity, Despair, Doctrine, Doubt, Evil in the world, God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Justice, Origin of Sin, Pain, Problem of evil, Salvation, Seeking God, Sin, Sovereignty, Suffering, Theodicy, Theology, Will of God
Tagged Does God care? God and evil, God's will, Problem of evil, why so much suffering in the world? Evil
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