Trials should not surprise us, or cause us to doubt God's faithfulness. Rather, we should actually be glad for them. God sends trials to strengthen our trust in him so that our faith will not fail. Our trials keep us trusting; they burn away our self confidence and drive us to our Savior.
Edmund ClowneyAs Christian feel the changing winds of political climate, the blasts against their values in the media, the exclusion of the Christian faith from educational institutions, they begin to sense the dangers of complacency and of pietistical world flight.
Edmund ClowneyChristians in community must again show the world, not merely family values, but the bond of the love of Christ.
Edmund ClowneyThe stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.
Edmund Clowney