The paralyzed man had no trouble understanding that he needed healing. Without the ability to walk, he could not earn a living or live a normal life. As a paralytic, his only means of supporting himself was as a beggar. The text of Luke 5:18-25 … [Continue reading]
Simone Weil on Affliction
"It is sometimes easy to deliver an unhappy man from his present distress, but it is difficult to set him free from his past affliction. Only God can do it. And even the grace of God itself cannot cure the irremediably wounded nature here below. The … [Continue reading]
Don’t play the Korah card
I have been in a couple of situations where concerns were brought to a pastor who then likened the one who brought the concern to Korah attacking Moses. While I understand the temptation for a leader to deal with a complaint in this way, that … [Continue reading]
No man, Lord – Reflections on John 8
This is a guest post by Michael Andrzejewski who serves the Lord in Portugal and whose biographical information appears below. With so much disdain, they shoved her down before him, the one that they called Master in public, but the … [Continue reading]
