I abuse God’s grace to get what I want. Every time I do, I reveal that I’m selfish, twisted, and weak. I’m a sucker for the cheap alternative to the peace that surpasses all understanding, and my wife and my God suffer my rejection of their love. I’m ashamed of that, but it’s the truth.
When you run to Jesus, no matter what you’ve done or what you’re going through, you can be sure that God’s not mad at you. This week on SBE, join Steve and the crew as they apply that healing biblical truth to where it hurts most. (Then get more in four new minibooks by Steve Brown and Erik Guzman.)
The message of bloody, sinless Jesus on the cross is clear: we are deeply messed up people with a real sin problem, for which there is only one solution.
Are you busy and exhausted? Of course you are. What if finding the rest and peace we long for is as easy as failing and falling into wholeness? Join Dr. Chuck DeGroat on SBE for a discussion of his new book ‘Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion, and Healing the Divided Self.’
Most Christians think our biggest problem is with keeping God’s Law. If we could just follow the rules, God would be happy with us and our lives would be blessed. Join Paul Tripp on SBE to see that we don’t have a Law problem, we have an awe problem… and nothing makes us stand in awe like God’s unconditional love for the unlovely.
What’s up with all the heavy stuff in Key Life’s top 10 posts from 2015? Well, the truth is that our sin and suffering open the door to a realization of God’s unconditional love. It sucks, but it’s true. Let’s talk.
Despite the constant battle to silence those voices, there is another voice that beckons. A voice that carries over the others. A voice that is a comfort to this man, and tells him, despite his struggles, you are not this unlovable, disfigured creature.
A few days before, some friends were giggling about this thing called sex. Curiosity had been stirring within me, and I finally did it: I searched for it on Google. Up came countless links to pornographic websites. I clicked on many of them, and the screen was soon covered with explicit pop-ups. A flood of intense shame came over me. But I wanted to see more.