This image confronts us with two of the greatest scandals of Christianity.
The first scandal is that none of us are good enough for heaven.
Most people compare themselves to serial killers, dictators, rapists, and criminals and conclude, "At least I'm not that bad." But God does not compare us to Jeffrey Dahmer. He compares us to His own perfect holiness. Scripture says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The proud businessman, the moral neighbor, the avid atheist, the faithful churchgoer, and the murderer all stand guilty before a holy God apart from Christ.
The second scandal is that God saves anyone at all.
The real question is not, "How could God save someone like Dahmer if he truly repented and believed?" The real question is, "How could God save any of us?" Every person deserves judgment. Every person deserves separation from God. Salvation is never owed. It is never earned. It is pure grace from beginning to end.
That is what makes the gospel so offensive to human pride. It tells the worst sinner that he can be forgiven through Christ, and it tells the best-looking sinner that he cannot save himself.
The cross levels everyone. We are all condemned in Adam, and the only hope for any of us is Jesus Christ.
This changes nothing, really. The question will always be whether Christianity, as a moral framework grounded in the gospel, is sufficient in principle to confront injustice, oppression, and corruption.
The existence of hypocrisy among professed believers does not weaken the sufficiency of the standard itself. It only shows inconsistency in application.
The question is not whether everyone walks in Christian ethos daily, but whether Christ presents a reliable framework that has no need of supplementation from external ideologies like feminism.
If Christians are not walking worthy of their calling, it behoves on the church to address this. This should be the focus. There is no advocacy that can transform sinful desires save for the proclamation of the gospel. And this what the world needs as well.
Marry someone who knows Jesus genuinely
Not a church goer
I’m not saying he or she plays Elevation worship on Saturdays when doing chores
I’m saying someone who has been to the cross and has met Jesus for real
It is the fear of God that keeps your spouse faithful
We've officially arrived in the Top 3 best months.
1. May – Bank Holidays, longer days, perfect balance of warmth without it being too hot.
2. June – Peak sunshine, summer energy & everything just feels alive.
3. July – Full on summer mode, festivals, holidays & long evenings.
I don’t understand these traditional men that adopts foreign culture and want to half-ass it.
If you are not fine with the customary way of English proposal, go to the market, buy 16 tubers of yam, take 2 of your friends and go to her dad’s house to ask for her hand in marriage.
That’s our way of proposal since the dawn of time but if you chose to do the restaurant-diamond-ring style proposal brother you will go down on your kneels
You are either a modern man or a traditional man, trying to be both is embarrassing.
South Africans online having "radical and progressive" politics on matters across the world but their countrymen have squads that hunt 'illegal Africans' using methods that would make ICE blush is such an indicator of what a bubble this app can be.
Christ is risen.
This is the single most significant event in history. Today is the day Christ was vindicated as the one whom the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms testified about.
He took a small group of men and women, many of whom had just abandoned him and were terrified for their lives, and transformed them into bold proclaimers of his resurrection—the very message that took over the Roman Empire and spread throughout the entire world. If they could do this as a small, persecuted group, then all 2 billion+ of us can do it today. Go proclaim Christ every day of your life.
While this is technically true, please and thank you were never really about owing anyone anything.
You thank the waiter who brings your food, even though you paid for it.
You thank the taxi driver who gets you home, even though you paid for it.
You thank the client who pays for your services, even though you worked for it.
Gratitude isn’t a debt. It’s a reflection of character