Is God’s Love Conditional?
/in Steadfast Hope“Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.” (James 4:8) This verse means that there is a precious experience of peace and assurance and harmony and intimacy that is not unconditional. It depends on our not grieving the Spirit. It depends on our putting away bad habits. It depends on forsaking the […]
The Seminary of Suffering
/in Steadfast Hope“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) This is God’s universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in self and the world. I have never heard anyone say, “The really deep lessons of life have come through times of […]
Christ’s Head
/in Steadfast HopeSong of Songs 5:11 Comparisons all fail to set forth the Lord Jesus, but the spouse uses the best she can find. By the head of Jesus we may understand His deity, “for the head of Christ is God”;1 and then the mold of purest gold is the best conceivable metaphor, but all too poor […]
