What is a rereward? How is it a blessing that God is our rereward?
John Calvin's doctrine doesn't work here. Do you limit God?
Much of the news in recent days has been about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia and other countries in that part of the world. Many have questioned why God would allow such a thing or if there is a God at all, but lessons can be learned from the Tsunami?
As soldiers we are to endure hardness, but sometimes we can get weary in the battle. This passage has a word for you. Also deals with 2 Timothy 2:12 on the word <em>deny</em>.
Our life is tied up with thousands of thin cords. Some of them tie us to the world and its pleasures; some of them tie us to God and His service.
Ordination is first of all a simple confirmation that God has indeed called a man and that he has faithfully shown the evidences of this call. It places some honor from those who do the ordaining upon the man who is being ordained.
We often look at the odds of something happening and decide by that if God will do something or not. But God is bigger than the odds. He can go against all the odds and go far beyond our own abilities. We simply need to trust in Him.
