“You can do anything you put your mind to” does not take seriously the problem of sin and our inability to save ourselves. A key conviction of historical Christian orthodoxy is that we are not enough. We cannot ever be the source of our own salvation. Putting your mind to being a better person, from the Christian perspective will fail every time. It is pure works righteousness.
Dr. Robert Lupton shares six points based on the ancient physician’s Hippocratic Oath that might help direct the church’s service to the needy.
It’s possible to get all sentimental and misty-eyed about suffering and forget the real pain, tragedy, and injustice involved. “The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the greatest single challenge to the Christian faith,” John Stott
APRIL 9, 2014 Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord, now hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy voiced. If You, O Lord, recorded
