There is a fundamental tension between what is theologically accurate and psychologically comfortable. Because the modern person begins with emotional comfort and tries to fit a theological framework within their psychological framework, they rewrite our theology to accommodate their feeling.
There are times when theological precision collides with emotional comfort. Peter ran into this tension when He rebuked the Lord. The theological necessity of Christ dying on the cross did not accommodate Peter’s psychological (emotional) preferences.
In Peter’s case, his psychological wants required rewriting sound theology. When helping hurting, struggling souls, you want to provide the most compassionate plus theologically competent care. https://soundcloud.com/life-over-coffee/ep-444-five-reasons-to-why-did-god-let-my-baby-die?si=aafd20ca5cfd4ef2a0b5b76b2255e183&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
