Labradorite Moments https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Why must God judge? What motivates our service of God? How to love and serve God well The difference God’s Word can make How to avoid repeating our mistakes Breaking up fallow ground: The time is now The difference our choices make Life out of death: The God who is for us The secret of the trusting weak against the strong How to grow trust in God after failing Clever tactics of discouragement and how to resist them The challenge of faith and how we respond The nature of repentance and the way to healing Holding onto life or death and why it matters The Suffering Servant III. (Isaiah 53) How to exchange toil for rest Lessons from the law of the rebellious son and the death penalty God’s dilemma and how He solves it The reality of our heart and what we mourn for The tempting philosophy of ‘God and…’ and its results What those who rely on themselves have forgotten An anatomy of sin and the painful cost of healing What it means to know God and why it matters Why is God against His own people? Why pursuing sin can destroy us The consequences of neglecting to know God The high cost God pays for loving us The God who can heal our unfaithfulness How does God bring about genuine transformation? The marvel of the tenacious grace of God Why God’s love should not be taken in vain Introduction to Hosea What makes for an effective witness about God How sin empties us out and the choice we face The parting of the sea: God makes a way The meaning of the Passover: Christ our Passover Lamb How quick fixes can destroy us Heeding God’s warning signs in time What to do when others get the grace we hope for? The astonishing mercy of God and why it matters How to be deeply rooted in God? How to create the potential for lasting change among God’s people Lessons from a renewal of God’s people gone wrong Why must God judge evil? The heart and commitment of God God’s mercy in our weakness Is God involved in the world? The missing piece: How to respond when God is slow to act The gift of seeing right and how to get it The kindness of God in the ordinary