Suffering's Goal

There is no distinction between suffering in the sense of persecution for your faith and suffering in general.

Regardless of the kind of suffering, Satan’s goal is always to destroy your faith and God’s goal is always to strengthen your faith.

Tom Bosworth
Notes from Desiring God Conference

God Is The Issue

"We can trace all our human problems to our view of God." ~ Bill Bright

I just discovered a link to a wonderful resourse for every believer. Bradley Brights book God Is The Issue is now available to be downloaded for free at discovergod.com

I encourage you to that advantage of this incredible opportunity. His writing is very powerful, and very needed by every believer.

Trying to suppress cultural symptoms apart from the larger context of God's identity has proven futile. It's like patching the surface cracks in the walls of a house while ignoring an unstable foundation. The cracks will return unless the foundation is repaired.

Too often we find ourselves reacting to symptoms such as abortion and same sex marriage, instead of recognizing the real problem–our view of God. We must stop reacting and begin to reframe just as the Apostle Paul did in Athens.

Making God the issue is the only issue on which all the others issues stand or fall. If we win the battle over who God is, we will win all the other battles. If we lose the battle over who God is we will lose all the other battles. This is the pivotal choice of our time.

Yours for making GOD the issue,

Brad Bright

Bradley R. Bright is President & CEO of the Bright Media Foundation, and the National Director of DISCOVER GOD, a strategy with the goal of changing the way Americans view God - first in the Church and then throughout the culture.

I Believe!

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