CS Lewis warns us: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” When Christians live “careless lives, this sets the outer world talking; and we give them grounds” to “doubt the truth of Christianity.” […]
To the ancients who lived in a warrior culture, Stoic philosophy is very appealing. The Stoics don’t ask the question: Why do bad things happen to good people? Instead, they admit that good and bad things happen to everyone, that the rain falls on both the bad and the good. Bad things happen to good people, that is part of life. The real question is: How can God help us endure and prevail over our suffering? […]
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