On Our Side
How often have you heard the claim that “God is on our side”? It might have come from the lips of a sporting figure, or a politician, or a military leader. Often, such claims seem to fall flat when the team emerges on the wrong
Tag: Mercy
A Father’s Heart
Recently, I listened to an interview of a woman who was drugged and raped at age 21. She had been raised in a Christian home but, while at college, had begun to stray from her faith. She started drinking heavily with her friends, frequently getting
Remember, Remember
Jennie Evelyn Hussey was an accomplished poet a young age. She spent much of her youth cheerfully caring for her invalid sister, frequently referring to this service as the cross that God called her to take up daily. In her middle-aged years, she herself suffered
Reflections on Wrath
I’m sure you would agree that we live in an age in which the notion of divine wrath has taken a distant backseat to talk of love, grace, and forgiveness. We don’t hear much of the language of our Christian forebears in today’s sermons. When