There are times we all need tough love. And there’s no better example of tough love in the New Testament than what we find in Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
When conversations rarely stretch below the surface in the few minutes of mingling at church each Sunday, how do these strangers in our church body start to feel like family?
Sometimes, assurance of salvation feels elusive. We’re deeply aware of how frequently we fall back into those same sins, of how much we doubt, of just how capable we are of failing to love God and our neighbors.
But the problem of evil is not a serious threat to Christianity. The questions raised actually help us better understand our well-deserved misery and God’s justice and mercy.