How Long O Lord?
Reflections on Suffering and Evil
D.A. Carson
Ch 8 - From the Vantage of the End
Thoughts on the monthly book study with members of Andover Baptist and Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian.
It is absurd to suffer for Christ if we do not have a clear view of what we are hoping for in the future. The quintessential example for us is Christ Jesus Himself: "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
Carson: "Without that prospect [of "vindication and resurrection"] ... Christianity does not make much sense..."
"if only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all others." First Letter to the Corinthians 15:19.
Reflections on Suffering and Evil
D.A. Carson
Ch 8 - From the Vantage of the End
Thoughts on the monthly book study with members of Andover Baptist and Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian.
It is absurd to suffer for Christ if we do not have a clear view of what we are hoping for in the future. The quintessential example for us is Christ Jesus Himself: "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
Carson: "Without that prospect [of "vindication and resurrection"] ... Christianity does not make much sense..."
"if only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all others." First Letter to the Corinthians 15:19.
