How Does God Show Love and Truth?

I’ve written before on this blog about the difficulty of showing grace/love and truth simultaneously. I’m, of course, not the first to talk about this difficulty. Not only is it difficult for us to show both, but it’s difficult for us to understand how God shows both to a fallen world. Too often, we don’t get it. Corrie ten Boom did.

In this excerpt from The Hiding Place, Ms. ten Boom explains it all too well. In the midst of the madness of the German occupation of Holland, when Jews were being rounded up regularly, and anyone helping them were hunted, she came face to face with the question:

Love. How did one show it? How could God Himself show truth and love at the same time in a world like this?

By dying. The answer stood out for me sharper and chiller than it ever had before that night: the shape of a Cross etched on the history of the world.

John Newton on Dealing with Controversies and Error

The new Ligonier Ministries blog is already scoring points, by linking to a wonderful letter penned by John Newton (“Amazing Grace”), about dealing with opposing views, controversies, and error.

Shout out to Arizonans!

Looking over my Google Analytics stats, I notice a lot of hits from Tempe, Arizona. If you’re from the Grand Canyon State, drop me a note and let me know what brings you here!

Incidentally, did you know that the term “Arizonan” is an example of a demonym? No, it’s not the name of a demon; instead, Wikipedia defines it as “a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place.”

You can find a full list of US demonyms here. Most are obvious (State name + “an” – Arizonan, Missourian, Ohioan), some are actual nicknames (Hoosier, Nutmegger, Sooner), and some I did not know – so hello to my dear friends in South Carolina, the Sandlappers.

The most interesting word formation? “Iowegian.”