When I say that ‘I am a Christian’, I am not shouting that ‘I am clean living.’ I’m whispering ‘I was lost, but now I’m found and forgiven.’ When I say ‘I am a Christian’, I don’t speak of this with pride. I’m confessing that I stumble and need Christ …
And still the final word we Christians can offer is one we must offer: God is not absent. He is present in the world of human suffering, and He Himself suffered too. Here I quote the English minister Edward Shillito, after seeing the carnage of World War I: If we …
Courage, Brother, do not stumble, Though your path be dark as night; There’s a star to guide the humble, Trust in God and do the right. Let the road be rough and dreary, And its end far out of sight, Foot it bravely, strong or weary; Trust in God and …
