Providence - Gentle Reformation

Finding Freedom in God’s Providence

May 22, 2024

Discover the freedom in trusting God’s providence. Learn how Scripture guides us in decision-making.

Silence, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty

February 28, 2024

In Mark 15, Jesus faces an unjust trial before Pilate, silent in the face of envy. The mob rules. Despite this, Jesus willingly embraces the cross, fulfilling God's plan for redemption and inviting us to follow His example of humility, sacrifice, and trust in God's ultimate justice.

Suffering and God's purposes

From Suffering to Simplicity

April 25, 2023

Hosea 6:1 says "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us". Here a wife and mother speaks of the Lord's purposes in her suffering.

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On Eagles' Wings

January 20, 2023

Sometimes the Lord in his wisdom pushes us out of our nest and we drop like a stone. It seems unbelievably cruel, but he knows what he is doing and is ready to help...

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Edward Hills & a Strange Providence

September 08, 2022

Anyone familiar with debates over Bible translations knows that they can become intense. However, those who advocate that the King James Version of the Bible is the only faithful version can treat the

Providence

The Curious Ways of God

February 18, 2022

How often in Scripture and in history does the Lord act in a surprising, unexpected way? His ways are not our ways, and that is not because God is being unpredictable in a random or arbitrary way, but because he is so infinitely greater and wiser than us.

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Holding on to the 'Things Revealed'

July 16, 2021

There are many things that God has revealed that are not secret, and we are meant to think about these things—to understand them, believe them and live by them as we cling to them daily.

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God Means it for Good

January 15, 2021

We may not always see God’s purpose as clearly as Joseph did, with or without hindsight, but his example helps us believe that whether we can see it or not, God is in control and is working out his perfect plan.

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Looking To God

January 12, 2021

We should be concerned if there is foreign interference or voter fraud. However, Christians should have a level of peace and even continued joy, knowing that God rules the nations. All Kings, Presidents, and even tyrants are a part of His plan and His purposes.

Providence

Building Our House on the Rock

August 29, 2020

Fifteen years after buying a house we couldn't afford, God has used the challenges of our house to reveal His providence and to grow us in our reliance on Him.

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Caught by Providence

July 06, 2020

Caught in Providence [https://www.caughtinprovidence.com/] is a television show whose clips are popular on the internet. The show features true scenes from the traffic courtroom of Judge Frank Caprio, who is

Book of Esther

Big Doors Little Hinges

October 26, 2017

If you visit Heinz Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, you will pass through enormous, oak doors that are fifteen feet high and weigh 800 pounds each. The amazing thing

John Flavel

A Providential Perspective

January 08, 2014

In his book, _The Mystery of Providence, _the seventeenth century Puritan John Flavel wrote a chapter on how grateful English believers should be for their birth and upbringing. In seeking to create gratitude