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Going Back To Square One
At the start of Genesis 12, God speaks to Abram. This divine instruction marks a pivotal point in redemptive history. That is, God calls Abram out of his ancestral homeland and chooses him to be the father of a covenantal people whom God has set apart for Himself. Specifically, in Genesis 12:1–3, God speaks and…
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God Never Wastes Pain
The simple point I will make today is that God never wastes pain. Meaning, the Lord always uses the pain of trials and adversity to accomplish His purposes. And what are His purposes? His glory and our good. And let us never forget that our greatest good and God’s glory are not mutually exclusive: that…