Inside Calvin’s Church in Geneva

Inside Calvin’s Church in Geneva

What Was Luther Doing When He Nailed His 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door?

What Was Luther Doing When He Nailed His 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door?

Faith in Future Grace Vs. Impatience

Recommended Reading:  Future Grace by John Piper.  It has 31 chapters, one for each day of the month.  Here are some quotes from chapter 13:

"Impatience is a form of unbelief.  It's what we begin to feel when we start to doubt the wisdom of God's timing or the goodness of God's guidance." (167)

"The opposite of impatience is not a glib denial of loss.  It's a deepening, ripening, peaceful willingness to wait for God in the unplanned place of obedience, and to walk with God at the unplanned pace of obedience--to wait in his place, and go at his pace."  (167)

"Patience is the capacity to "wait and to endure" without murmuring and disillusionment--to wait in the unplanned place, and endure the unplanned pace."  (168)

"The key to patience is faith in the future grace of God's "glorious might" to transform all our interruptions into rewards.

In other words, the strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.  This requires great faith in future grace, because evidence is seldom evident."  (170)

On the heals of a stroke, cancer, a crown, and a kidney stone...I found the above quotes of great comfort.

 

 

 

10 Reasons Why God Allows Suffering

10 Reasons Why God Allows Suffering

Questions

J. I. Packer says that questions make us think.  They certainly do for me.

Here are some question that I am currently wrestling with...

1. Is my spirit in a state of quiet so I can hear God speak?  (From Gordon MacDonald)
2. What's best next?  (From Daniel Fuller)
3. Is this a wise thing for me to do?
4. What about the quality of my speech?  Do I whine and complain?  Am I frequently critical of people and institutions, or of those who clearly do not like me?  (From Gordon MacDonald)
5. Quote from J. I. Packer:  "Dig deep and dwell deep."  My question:  Are you digging deep and dwelling deep?
6. Regarding personal life and church life:  What makes your heart beat fast?  What makes you yawn?
7. What has become clearer since last time we spoke?
8. What aspect about God never crosses your mind, but if it did you would always want to talk about it?  (From Stephen Mick, inspired by a conversation with his son--Ethan.  

Creating a Culture of Reading--Mark Dever

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