by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living
From John Piper… Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.(2 Corinthians 4:16) Paul can’t see the way he used to (and there were no glasses). He can’t hear the way he used to (and there were no hearing aids). He doesn’t...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship
My posts on Tuesday (“It Will Be Better“) and Wednesday (“Does Anyone Care?) were to encourage wise comfort. Today is for those who need comfort but it doesn’t come or is a bit lacking. What do you do when no one calls or drops by or seems to...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Reflections, Suffering
Onesiphorus (Oh-ness-a-for-us) is one of my heroes. Paul wrote about him in 2 Tim 1:16-17… May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, 17 but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me...
by Ron Ethridge | Reflections
From John Piper The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23) God’s mercies are new every morning because each day only has enough mercy in it for that day....
by Ron Ethridge | Discipleship, Reflections, Suffering
A lost virtue is meditation. Of greatest importance is for the Christian to meditate on God’s Word. And to take it a step further… meditate on Scripture as applied to personal life situations. Here are a few things I have come to embrace over the years....