by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship, Faith, Theology
Romans 8:38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate US from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. “How...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Suffering
What does God do to those he loves? What kind of conditions does he put them in for his purposes? Is it possible that God would will suffering SO THAT he is glorified and others (Not you) are encouraged? Big question: Is YOUR difficulty actually proof of God’s...
by Ron Ethridge | Forgiveness, Theology
My last post was titled, “When God Hates” (Click here). I don’t have much difficulty identifying with Psalm 5:5 in relation to sin and sinners (Read Friday’s blog post if you struggle with the possibility of God hating). Where I scratch my...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living
If you haven’t read Psalm 136, you need to. It’s a classic, Holy Spirit inspired “7-11 song” (Same 7 words repeated 11… uh… 26 times). The phrase repeated 26 times is… “For His steadfast love endures forever.” No...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship
Consider two passages of Scripture for meditation… Psalm 63:3, “Your steadfast love is better than life…” 2 Corinthians 1:8, “For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so...