There have been many times in my life that it seemed the greatest opposition came just before a breakthrough. I've assumed that to be a pattern of the enemy, a menacing dark storm to stop me from getting to the next peaceful place. It preaches well. But lately I've been rethinking that, as I've recognized …
Not Babylon, But Babel
This isn't new, but maybe that's why we miss it sometimes. When people are relatively unopposed spiritually, they don't often see that as the grace He gives as they grow in Him and learn from mistakes. They tend to think of that as God's endorsement of whatever they're doing. In the American church, if there …