Great Purpose – Struggling with why God has allowed something to happen in your life? Read this short but powerful quotation.
Forgiveness in Marriage – “How we can settle for such less when we reduce ‘love’ to a mere warm and fuzzy emotion! The Gospel—which is love’s highest and best expression ever to appear on earth—is anything but warm and fuzzy! It is a deliberate act, a choice of self-sacrificing for the good of the other party forgiving them in spite of whatever wrong they have done. Truly, love is not fuzzy; it’s hardcore.”
What is a Christian’s Responsibility to Government? – “The function of government is to restrain evil and to maintain, uphold, and protect the sanctity of life and of property. Given this function, the Christian understands that government is ordained of God, and so Christians, first of all, are called to respect whatever it is that God institutes and ordains.”
The Act of Gratitude – “Gratitude lies in contingency, in the recognition that the goods we have might not have been. I was recently asked by a friend what single thought they should take away from reading Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, and I answered along these lines. Joy comes conditionally, as the recognition and response to the limits on our lives. But it also comes conditionally in a deeper sense. The contingency of the world is tied to its goodness, and our celebration of joy is inextricable from the wonder that all might have been different than it is…”
A Challenge to Be Tolerant – “Everybody has a point of view they think is right and everybody judges at some point or another. The Christian gets pigeon-holed as the judgmental one, but everyone else is judging, too. It’s an inescapable consequence of believing in any kind of morality. ”
Four Words That Change Every Situation – “There is no situation too great for God. There is no heart too hard for God. There is no budget too tight for God. There is no boss too difficult for God. God is your helper! He is my helper! Those four words change every situation.”
