Can a Christian Rejoice in Heaviness?

A Sermon Illustration by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1 Peter 1:6 – In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials When confronted with a verse like this, I often sit back, pray, and digest the text.  Rejoicing in the midst of trials is foreign toContinue reading “Can a Christian Rejoice in Heaviness?”

The Quest for the Great Theological “One-Liner”

Any consumer of media will tell you their list of favorite “one-liners.”  These “one-liners” are often the satisfying climax to demonstrating complete and total victory over an opponent or foreshadowing to an epic event that achieves a win for the good guys.  The classic example is the “Oh yeah?  You and whose army?”  To whichContinue reading “The Quest for the Great Theological “One-Liner””