- Sun, Mar 21, 2010
- Suffering and Evil
What does Romans 8:28 really mean?
When you use this powerfully explosive verse (and you should use it), handle it with care.
When you use this powerfully explosive verse (and you should use it), handle it with care.

Paul prayed that Christians might be “strengthened with all power according to [God’s] glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father” (Col. 1:11–12).
I think showing him the depth of her conviction through her own giving is part of that example.
“How can anything so good be so bad?” If sex is as good as we portrayed it in the previous chapter, why is it that many sexual acts are condemned in Scripture? The answer is that like most good things, sex was created to exist within prescribed boundaries. As long as it stays within those boundaries, it is good. The moment it moves outside them, it becomes bad.