My weakness, Christ’s strength

Romans 8:26a. “The Spirit helps us in our weakness.”

1 Corinthians 1:27b. “God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.”

2 Corinthians 12:10. “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses. . . . For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

1 Corinthians 2:3. “I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling.”

1 Corinthians 15:43. “[Our body] is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.”

2 Corinthians 11:30. “If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.”

2 Corinthians 12:9. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

2 Corinthians 13:4. “For [Jesus] was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.”

HT: JT

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Jeremy Lin’s sustaining faith

Read WORLD on Campus’ story about the ups and downs of Jeremy Lin’s basketball career before hitting it big in the NBA over the last few weeks.  What sustained him was his faith in Jesus Christ.

Watch him give his testimony here.

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The new modern family?

Mike Wittmer:

Last night I witnessed another significant step in our culture’s embrace of homosexual practice. You can tell a minority group has achieved cultural power when it unapologetically ridicules another minority group. And last night the homosexuals of Modern Family took aim at Appalachians, apparently the one remaining group that even enlightened liberals enjoy mocking.

In case you haven’t heard of America’s favorite sitcom, Modern Family is a well-written story about three inter-connected families, one of whom is a union of two homosexual men. Last night the men wanted to have another child, and rather than adopt this time, they considered artificially inseminating the egg of one guy’s sister with the other guy’s sperm. After the wine wore off they concluded that having a child whose aunt is also its mom seems like a “freak show” only found in “Appalachia.”

And there it is. Homosexual practice is so well established that now gay characters are free to make fun of others. And I’m betting that most viewers didn’t even catch this. Modern Family has slowly accustomed its viewers to accept the homosexual lifestyle. The first season the men rarely touched or showed affection, but now they kiss and behave like a normal married couple.

Keep reading “Mainstreaming Homosexuality.”

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The opposite of 1 Corinthians 13?

Sometimes it helps to show the opposite side of the teaching of Scripture to really get a clear grasp of what it is teaching.  Consider this from Kevin DeYoung who is responding to the “but I don’t hate that person” response offered up when we are aren’t exactly loving someone like we should. [WARNING: This is pretty convicting].

“But if hate is the opposite of everything love is, where does that leave us?

Hate is impatient and unkind; hate is jealous and proud; hate is arrogant and rude.  Hate always insists on doing things its way; hate gets upset over every offense and keeps a close record of every wrong.  Hate does not delight to see good things, but rejoices when people screw up or get what’s coming to them.  Hate complains about anything, is cynical about everything, has no hope for anyone, and puts up with nothing.

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