I can't quite believe it but I've been writing (almost) weekly mardle posts for about 8 months now. Where has the time gone? In preparing to write this week's email, I became aware that I had been 'kicking the can down the road' on some of the questions you've submitted …
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Friendship – an act of living in community
I hope you enjoyed Dan's talk on Sunday about friendship as an outworking of radically simple discipleship. I thought it was brilliant! In light of this I wanted to just jump back to something Dan briefly mentioned and pause a little longer on it. Genesis 1:27 says: 'So God …
Is it God’s desire that a Christian believer reach a place where they are glad for the suffering endured? Is it ok to not be glad? (Miriam)
Miriam, thanks so much for your question. This is so helpful because it brings home the reality of how important it is that we have a good grasp of Scripture in every season of our lives, including those when we are suffering. The first thing to say whenever considering suffering, …