Does God Suffer With Us?
When we suffer, we tend to ask God: Where are you? Is God suffering with us or is that impossible? And does it matter? These questions and more are addressed with insights from the early church.
The All-Seeing, All-Knowing, All-Searching Love of God
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people –robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ Luke 18:11-12 I once heard a story about Charles Spurgeon that, apocryphal or not, says something […]
Coulda Shoulda Woulda with Janell Wood
Fear feels like control, but love feels like trust. Anyone who does evangelism or apologetics knows the burden of trying to change someone’s mind regarding matters of faith. It is a burden of love, but without a firm confidence in the Lord, it can feel to others like a burden of control. In this episode, […]
CouldaShouldaWoulda with Robby Lashua, Part 2
Using logic with love. Apologists and evangelists are often equipped with knowing answers to skeptical questions, but not how to answer those questions with both truth and love. When that happens, we might use pure logic to answer someone who needs pastoral sensitivity. Robby discusses the difficulty of switching from answering a question to answering […]
CouldaShouldaWoulda with Sam Allberry, Part 1
Sam talks about a time he answered a question biblically but accidentally neglected the heart of the questioner.
