Without Exposure To Potential Failure, There Is

The Dominant Characteristic Of An Authentic Spiritual Life Is The Gratitude That Flows From Trust — Not Only For All The Gifts That I Receive From God, But Gratitude For All The Suffering. Because In That Purifying Experience, Suffering Has Often Been The Shortest Path To Intimacy With God.

I Knew There Was Only One Place To Go. I Sank Down Into The Center Of My Soul, Grew Still, And Listened To The Rabbi's Heartbeat.

Justification By Grace Through Faith' Is The Theologian's Learned Phrase For What Chesterton Once Called 'the Furious Love Of G-d.' He Is Not Moody Or Capricious; He Knows No Seasons Of Change. He Has A Single Relentless Stance Toward Us: He Loves Us. He Is The Only G-d Man Has Ever Heard Of Who Loves Sinners. False Gods- The Gods Of Human Manufacturing- Despise Sinners, But The Father Of (yeshua) Loves All, No Matter What They Do.

The North American Church Is At A Critical Juncture. The Gospel Of Grace Is Being Confused And Compromised By Silence, Seduction, And Outright Subversion. The Vitality Of The Faith Is Being Jeopardized. The Lying Slogans Of The Fixers Who Carry Religion Like A Sword Of Judgment Pile Up With Impunity. Let Ragamuffins Everywhere Gather As A Confessing Church To Cry Out In Protest. Revoke The Licenses Of Religious Leaders Who Falsify The Idea Of God. Sentence Them To Three Years In Solitude With The Bible As Their Only Companion.

Without Exposure To Potential Failure, There Is No Risk.