Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch theologian and statesman, famously affirmed that Christ’s rule extends over every square inch of his creation. In All That God Cares About, Richard Mouw celebrates Kuyper’s understanding of common grace while cautioning against a “triumphalist tendency” that it sometimes encourages among believers who are fired up by his vision of cultural reclamation for kingdom purposes. As Mouw explains, “we need to discern the signs of God’s renewing work in the present.” However, “we do still need to be constantly reminded about Christ’s call to us to share in his suffering. The ravages of the fall are all too obvious in our world.”
With each month COVID-19 lingers, it exacts an even heavier physical, psychological, and material toll. Writing in the thick of the pandemic, Oxford-trained apologist Amy Orr-Ewing takes a warm, personal approach to addressing the suffering that people experience and their doubts about God’s protective care. “For me,” she writes, “love is the starting place for untangling questions of pain and suffering, and especially the question, ‘Where is God in all the suffering?’ Love seems to be at the absolute core of why suffering feels like it does. Suffering feels so wrong to us because of our love for another person who is in distress.”
The largest Christian adoption agency is now calling on “Christians with diverse beliefs” as it aims to serve more children under a new inclusion policy.
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The largest Christian adoption agency is now calling on “Christians with diverse beliefs” as it aims to serve more children under a new inclusion policy.
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