The Suffering Sequence

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 NASB Perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish – What is the by-product of suffering a little while?  Notice that I did not write “the product of.”  Why?  Because it is not God’s purpose…

Stay in Step

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.” Luke 6:40 Fully Trained – If we examine the Greek text, we are likely to conclude that Yeshua’s remark is just commonsense.  Of course a pupil isn’t superior to his teacher.  Of course the goal…