For the Love of God-Don Carson (Oct 31)
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2 Kings 13; 2 Timothy 3; Hosea 5–6; Psalm 119:145–176
LIFE IN "THE LAST DAYS" (2 Tim. 3) does not sound very appealing: "People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power" (2 Tim. 3:2–5).
Many pastors find illustrations to be the most challenging part of preaching. Challenges can seem hard when you don't know how to meet them. But when you get the hang of something you discover it's not so bad after all.
"What do you say to people who are dealing with shame from sexual sin?" a longtime friend asked me in a text message.
