Here is a selection of independent quotations from books I am reading. I hope they offer as much food for thought for you as they have for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cThus Romans 8:28 must be seen within the context of the redemptive purposes of God. In all things\u2014in our suffering, groaning, hoping, waiting; in \u201ctrouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword\u201d (Rom 8:35)\u2014in all things God is working \u201cfor the good of those who love him.\u201d That \u201cgood\u201d is the final and complete realization of God\u2019s love for creation, incarnated in Christ, from which nothing can separate us (Rom 8:39).<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIn all these things,\u201d Paul is convinced, we can be \u201cmore than conquerors\u201d (Rom 8:37). Not on the basis of our efforts, nor on the basis of blind faith, nor through a kind of stoic resignation, but rather \u201cthrough him who loved us\u201d (Rom 8:37) and called us \u201caccording to his purpose\u201d (Rom 8:28). That good and loving purpose finds its completion when the whole creation, including our bodies, is freed from bondage to decay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
(Hard sayings of the Bible, Romans 8:28)<\/p>\n\n
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\u201cFor every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.\u201d (H. L. Mencken)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?\u201d (Lewis, Problem of Pain, 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Here is a selection of independent quotations from books I am reading. I hope they offer as much food for thought for you as they have for me! \u201cThus Romans 8:28 must be seen within the context of the redemptive … Continue reading