Nuggets

by Paul Tautges | September 24, 2019 7:44 am

Beware of Taking Your Sorrows to Alcohol Before God[1] – “Using alcohol intoxication as a coping mechanism for melancholia can quickly become a matter of life and death.”

The Last Battle: The Final Words of David Powlison’s Final Book[2] – “Since the first day the Lord invaded my heart with his mercy and grace, I have never lost that sense of the friendship of Jesus, that he showed love to the loveless to make them lovely, that he befriended the friendless, that he befriended the unfriendly who were self-absorbed and all about themselves.”

Stand Alone on the Word of God: A Miscarriage Story[3] – “Since those difficult days, now years ago, God has taken us through many more difficulties. Yet, no matter what we have gone through, it has always been the truth of God’s Word that has kept us going and established us in our faith.”

Endnotes:
  1. Beware of Taking Your Sorrows to Alcohol Before God: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/beware-taking-sorrows-alcohol-god/
  2. The Last Battle: The Final Words of David Powlison’s Final Book: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/last-battle-final-words-david-powlisons-final-book/
  3. Stand Alone on the Word of God: A Miscarriage Story: https://biblicalcounseling.com/stand-alone-on-the-word-of-god-a-miscarriage-story/

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