God’s Judgment: When Love Hurts
“. . . One who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.” Isaiah 16: 5b. The passage is part of a prophecy Isaiah the prophet spoke about Jesus hundreds of years...
Tagged: God's Discipline
The Gift of Suffering for Sin In the Bible
“And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor” Judges 4: 2. God’s original people were fickle. When life was good they would invariably turn to other gods. So God...
Leadership and Suffering In the Bible: The Link
“Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf” Genesis 37: 7. Joseph’s Dream This passage...
Judges 20: The Defeat of the Righteous
“The people of Israel. . . inquired of God, ‘Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?’ And the Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up first’. . . And the men of...
Bearing Fruit in the Bible: Lessons from Nature
“Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase” Psalm 85: 12. The question becomes what is the “good” that this verse speaks of that enables our land to yield its increase?...
The Trouble with How Much God Loves Us
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long;...
If You’re a Suffering Christian Read This!
“A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother” Proverbs 29:15. This verse is talking about the discipline of children, but I believe it can also apply to...
God’s Discipline: That’s Life
“Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father” Hebrew 12:7? This verse tells us to endure hardship as God’s discipline. In other words,...