When Does Grief Become Sin?
To accuse God of doing wrong only adds to our grief, for it deprives us of the hope, joy, contentment, and confidence that may be found in him.
To accuse God of doing wrong only adds to our grief, for it deprives us of the hope, joy, contentment, and confidence that may be found in him.
The hope is that we’d suffer like these saints, repent with them, find forgiveness with them—not sin like them.
Don Carson explains that human unhappiness arises from rejecting God, leading to moral and spiritual decay, as outlined in Romans 1.
Sin trades away God’s goodness for what’s much less satisfying.
Church leaders must admit we’re prone to certain ‘respectable sins’ in ministry. We grow so accustomed to these sins that we often think they’re normal and acceptable.