15 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 10-8-24”

  1. Happy Anniversary, Michelle and Robert! May you have a wonderful day together.

    The weather has cooled down to really feel like fall after it had gone back to feeling like summer. Thankful!

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  10. New book:

    Neither Despair nor Blind Optimism

    ~ … In his book Strange New World, Carl Trueman warns believers against both despair and blind optimism: “To fall into the former would be to fail to take seriously the promise that the church will win in the end because the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. To engage in the latter is simply to prepare the stage for deeper despair later. And both will feed inaction, one out of a sense of impotence, the other out of naïveté” (185).

    Instead, believers should traverse these dark roads with hope. Not a false hope that pretends problems don’t exist, but a hope that sees the issues and yet perseveres; a hope rooted in the ultimate reality of who God is, the good news of the death and resurrection of Christ, and the imminent return of Christ. As Trueman explains, “Christian Hope is realistic. It understands that this world is a vale of tears, that things here are not as they should be, and that . . . all life death does end. This world is not the Christian’s home, and so we should not expect it to provide us with home comforts” (185).

    Christians have hope no matter what happens. While some well-meaning believers may argue otherwise, Scripture never tells us that we will win the culture wars. The Bible never states that if Christians vote correctly or boycott the right companies, the kingdom will spread, and the church will grow. Conversely, the Scriptures warn that believers need to prepare themselves for persecution. …

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  13. That book sounds good, Dj.

    Do the next right thing to hopefully advance God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. There are always opportunities for Christian service all around us if we just look with the eyes of Jesus.

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  14. I think people need to spend more time in the OT if they think God is partial to US politics.

    Look what He allowed to happen to the temple. Not once, but twice.

    (And actually again circa 500 AD).

    He is no respect or of persons and Americans don’t know Scripture as well as they think they do. 😦

    M— who did not buy a new coffee pot. Salmon for dinner, though!

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  15. Happy Anniversary, Michelle. I am blessed to have met both of you and to even have heard you give a talk.

    Just ordered two new ice packs, the excitement of the day. Turns out the cervical gel pack works well on feet and knees.

    Jo

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