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There’s a common saying: “God won’t give you more than you can handle” or “…more than you can bear.” Certainly, God gives us things which we can’t handle by ourselves. But He also promises that He is sufficient and able to sustain and strengthen us.

We should recognize the differences and celebrate that God’s image-bearers come in all shapes and sizes and colors, and we are the beneficiaries of His providence in creating us this way.

God knows everything, including every contingency, and He knows what is ultimately best in ways we cannot. God can see ultimate purposes and plans that we can’t.

I love Josh and Sean McDowell, and I also love how as father and son they have teamed up in such remarkable, eternity-impacting ways. Listen to what Sean has to say in this article about how God has used doubt in his life, for great good (including impacting tens of thousands of people through his books, writings, and podcasts!).

Writing about Nanci’s life, my grief, and our blood-bought hope in Christ has been therapeutic for me. I’ve often wished for a single page where what I’ve written is listed in one place, to share with those who ask questions and want to know Nanci’s story.

A teenage boy came to me with questions about his faith. He’d attended church all his life but now had some doubts. I assured him that even the writers of the Bible sometimes struggled. He wasn’t questioning any basic Christian beliefs, and he didn’t need six evidences for Christ’s resurrection, so I talked to him about holiness and happiness.

I get excited about reaching people of every tribe and nation and language, and while we don’t have resources in every language, of course, we have something to offer in an increasing number, which is very encouraging!

There are a lot of people who think that warnings and commands of Scripture are restrictive, hampering our freedom. But as a loving father, God builds boundaries to protect us from sin and from our lack of wisdom. 

Sean McDowell and I are likeminded about helping younger people—and also older ones—go deep in their understanding of the Christian faith and learn how to defend it against the forces opposing it. This article from Sean gives a brief explanation of what Christian apologetics is, and why it’s so important. 

The physical resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of redemption. Without it and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored humans dwelling on a fully restored Earth—there’s no Christianity.

The unhappy suffering and death of Jesus ultimately guaranteed the death of death and the elimination and reversal of the curse. It also guaranteed the eternal happiness of all who believe and trust in Jesus and His unfathomable suffering on our behalf, all for our eternal good and His eternal glory.

Tomorrow, March 28, marks two years since Nanci entered the presence of Jesus, after a four-year battle with cancer. I’ve been reflecting on what God has been teaching me since her death and its first-year anniversary.

God has made us to be physical beings living in a physical world—eating, drinking, playing, working, loving, worshiping, and laughing to God’s glory. That’s the promise of the Resurrection—eternal delight and joy in the presence of the God who redeemed us.

It’s not that often I read a book that deals with Heaven, the New Earth, or Eternal Reward when I feel like the author really “gets it.” Jordan Raynor has done his homework and really gets it. Hope you enjoy this excerpt from The Sacredness of Secular Work.