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The Good News of The Gospel
Weekly Edition #25: July 16th, 2025
Verse I Like:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Weekly Dose
What is the gospel?
The gospel is the story of Christ's conquering of sin and death, and the extension of this promise to all those who believe.
It's good news. It’s not only good news, it’s the best possible news.
You're not fine. I’m not fine. If we were to truly listen to our consciences, we would know this without a doubt. There are countless ways that the mark is missed daily. We try and try to aim up, but constantly fall short. There is no doubt that we are all lacking, none more than I.
But thankfully, there is a path to redemption and salvation. A perfect savior came, lived a life that none others could—perfect integrity, unshakable obedience, total strength under control, totally sinless. He then died a brutal death to pay the price we owed for our many transgressions.
And when he rose from the dead three days later, He didn’t just prove he was right—He proved death didn’t have the final word.
The gospel is about facing the truth—you are not enough— but choosing to trust in the One who is.
Quotes I Like:
“Sin feels like freedom until you try to stop.”
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
“Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”
Mane Message
Why allow suffering at all? This question has been debated throughout the course of history, so it would be arrogant to assume that I could answer it right now.
I think a better and more productive question is this one: What do we do now that there is suffering in the world?
During WWII, a Dutch woman named Corrie ten Boom. She and her family hid Jews in their home to protect them from the Nazis, a risky and righteous endeavor. Eventually, they were caught. Corrie and her family found themselves at the hands of the Nazi’s.
Corrie watched death, cruelty, and human depravity on a scale that’s hard to comprehend. Her father was killed. Corrie and her sister, Betsie, joined each other in a concentration camp, a place that would, unfortunately, take Betsy’s life.
If anyone had a reason to give up hope and walk away, it was Corrie.
But she didn’t.
Corrie made it out of the camp, and one day in 1947, Corrie was giving a speech on forgiveness. Attending this venue was one of the Nazi guards from her days in the concentration camp. This guard had been nasty (an understatement) to Corrie and her now deceased sister, Betsy.
This guard came up to Corrie after the presentation and mentioned that he had become a Christian. He reached out his hand and asked her to forgive him.
Corrie froze. She absolutely did not want to. But she remembered Christ’s words: “Forgive our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.” She lifted her hand to his, and the redeeming love of the Lord flooded her heart.
Corrie never said the pain was good. But she believed God was present in it. She believed He could redeem even that. And she spent the rest of her life telling the world that there is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still.
Weekly Ponder
What if suffering isn’t a sign that God is absent — but an invitation to see Him more clearly?
What if the question isn’t “Why does God allow this?” but “What is He doing in the middle of it?”
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Onward and Upward!
