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How do you share the Gospel with someone who has never heard it? One approach is to appeal to our inherent need to pursue happiness, fulfillment, and ultimately rest. King Solomon touched on the reason for our pursuit of these things when he wrote that God “has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart…” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NASB). Augustine remarks “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you” (Confessions Book 1 Chapter 1). Are we not constantly searching for something to fill what seems to be an infinite hole in our hearts? It seems that nothing gives us rest. Finite goods won’t do the trick. The truth of the Gospel is that we can only find rest in the infinite God of the universe.
This is the 18th part of Ken’s “Nurturing Spirituality” study, based on content in chapter 32 of his book Conformed to His Image.
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These are the last recorded statements of Jesus Christ before His death on the cross. Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34) When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and
Mortality and the purpose of life are prominent themes in Thomas Cole’s paintings. Through his paintings, he vividly brings out the human dilemma of mortality, a dilemma we ourselves must wrestle with. Given the inevitability of death, what are we to do with our days? We can try to stave
In the article below, Dr. Boa synthesizes material from several teaching sessions from his series Biblical Principles for Marriage and from portions of his spiritual formation text Conformed to His Image (primarily from chapter 18, “Holistic Spirituality”). Dr. Boa focuses on agape love as one of the five forms of loves (based on the different Greek words). After reviewing all forms, he gives reasons for why agape is the greatest.
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