The Power of Place: Choosing Stability . . . Daniel Grothe recently penned The Power of Place: Choosing Stability in a Restless Age (Thomas Nelson, 2021). Currently, the author serves as associate pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. First, Pastor Grothe underscores, sometimes the most significant thing you can do is stay in […]
“The church is not like the posh Delta Sky Club lounge at the airport, feeding your spiritual hunger and giving you a place to put your feet up before another long week. . . . The church is the crucible that makes us disciples if we will let it. And sometimes the only way we […]
“Loss is a crucible. It presses into the deepest places from which we loved, causing such pain we often don’t know how to make sense of the despair. Memories as crystal clear as if they were happening right now dance in front of us, letting us see the beauty of what used to be our […]
“I want the promised blessing of Psalm 40:4: ‘Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.’ I forget that this kind of trusting in God is often forged in the crucible of longsuffering. God isn’t picking on me. God is picking me to personally live out one of His promises.”- Lysa TerKeurst As Lysa […]
Today June Hunt puts the issue of forgiveness in the crucible (Chapter 5, How to Forgive) as she discusses the second most common rationale she’s heard that creates a barrier to forgiveness. As Ms. Hunt describes it, putting the issue of forgiveness in the crucible is “where lofty thoughts meet the earthly reality of suffering.” 2. […]