Christ*Biblical-Justice *Empathy*Hope *Gen 50:20*Micah 6:8: The posts on this site are my own personal opinions. They are not read or approved by CityJoy.
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We often assume that if sufferers are bringing God’s glory into their suffering, they will not scream or bleed but sit quietly, hands folded, and smile peacefully.
Glory is never found in such pretense.
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Neither grace nor forgiveness means letting people do what they want or giving them what they feel they must have. Grace is not a lack of restrictions. In fact, sometimes the thing that is most grace-filled is restriction.
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Abuse silences victims and renders them powerless. Listening makes room for their voice and honors their dignity. As a church leader, never forget that they have honored you by coming to you.
You have been seen as safe—be safe.
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Stop treating adversity like an adversary. God often uses it as a doorway to spiritual growth.
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The pursuit of truth reminds us that no matter how much we know or how many people we help, we are always a student, a disciple undergoing training. We are not the Teacher. We are only servants of the Teacher. There is no arrogance at the foot of the cross.
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We know we love our systems over God when victims of abuse who come forward to speak truth are seen as the enemy—and removing, silencing, or crushing them is labeled good because we have protected what WE say is good & God’s—blind to the fact that doing so looks nothing like Him.
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God knows what you need, and he will provide everything for you today, tomorrow, and every day until you meet him face to face.
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Huh. I don’t see the vision.
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“I swore never to be silent wherever and whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ~Elie Wiesel
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Today, we remember and honor those in the Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives for our country.
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If you don’t believe miracles happen, my op-ed on the doctrine of Providence, complete with reference to RC Sproul and the Westminster larger catechism, is the lead in the Washington Post’s opinion section of today’s Sunday edition. 😄
And for those who fighting the paywall, perhaps this might help! (And thanks again to religion editor @matthewschmitz for commissioning!)
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Three years ago today, @TimKellerNYC entered glory.
This was his most powerful message.
crossway.org/articles/the-mo…
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Many trauma survivors have lived in terrible isolation, thinking their secrets were too horrible to be told. To attend to the struggle of another by listening is to bestow honor on that person.
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We are not called to protect our institutions, nor do we protect the God of truth by covering up sin and/or a crime. To do so is to “protect” a cancer—and cancer kills. We honor God by caring for the wounded and by dragging sin to the light and calling it by its right name.
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Jonah is included in Scripture because we do fail and we do run, only to be rescued by God's grace once again. This prophet's testimony gives hope to selfish, lazy, and hypocritical rebels like me and you.
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We often assume that if sufferers are bringing God’s glory into their suffering, they will not scream or bleed but sit quietly, hands folded, and smile peacefully. Glory is never found in such pretense. Our glorious Lord screamed and bled.
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The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.
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Mike Leach shares a must-listen postgame message on resilience, adversity, and failure.
"Nothing is really, really, really fun unless it's hard. Nothing is really fun unless it's hard."
"We've got to embrace that things are gonna be hard. We've got to embrace to be excited when things are hard."
Successful people don't fear obstacles - they embrace them.
"You gotta embrace to be excited about it being hard and playing extremely hard."
"Even if you get way up on somebody, you want to be as hard as you possibly can because you're pushing yourself. And all of a sudden you're making great plays, you're doing things that you've never done before."
Growth requires discomfort. You have to be willing to look bad before you get better.
Then he ended with one line:
"Embrace the fact that it's hard. Never hope that it's easy."
If you only chase what's easy, you'll never become great.
Embrace the hard because that is where growth, success, and character are built.
(🎥 Washington State)
