"My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the Lord. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

Many of us are tempted to respond, "Like us." We so can overemphasize the God who is so involved with out lives that he begins to look ...

Topics:	Character, Experiencing God, Presence of God, Service
Filters:	Discipleship, Mentoring, Pastor, Shepherd, Small group leader
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Isaiah 55:8-9
Date Added:	July 01, 2006

A pastor reflects on life's injustices—and how to face them with a Bible-based faith.

An Unjust World (It's Not an Illusion) Life is unfair. Sometimes the innocent are murdered, and the murderer is protected. Situations like these give rise to questions: What is right in a world where little children die and genocidal despots live in luxury? Where hard-working men go bankrupt and swindlers go ...

Topics:	Adult education, Christian life, Growth, Pastoral care, Pastors, Shepherd, Small groups, Teaching
Filters:	Discipleship, Pastor, Pastoral care, Preaching, Shepherd, Spiritual director
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Isaiah 55:8-9, Joel 2:25-27
Date Added:	August 01, 2007