Comments on: I can do all things? http://www.thevirtualword.org/2009/04/28/i-can-do-all-things/ Reflections on evangelical Christianity and the contemporary world Tue, 18 May 2010 13:18:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: pete http://www.thevirtualword.org/2009/04/28/i-can-do-all-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 pete Tue, 12 May 2009 14:15:40 +0000 http://www.thevirtualword.org/?p=101#comment-3614 I think you're right that there's something in our (sub)culture that doesn't encourage a godly faith-fueled optimism. It might be something to do with being English (British?). It probably is related to eschatology. But often it is evidence of fairly straightforward unbelief. Whether a, pre or post, we should all actively believe that the gospel is the power of God for salvation, that God's grace is sufficient, that God's resources for us in Christ are vast, and so on. I think you’re right that there’s something in our (sub)culture that doesn’t encourage a godly faith-fueled optimism. It might be something to do with being English (British?). It probably is related to eschatology.

But often it is evidence of fairly straightforward unbelief. Whether a, pre or post, we should all actively believe that the gospel is the power of God for salvation, that God’s grace is sufficient, that God’s resources for us in Christ are vast, and so on.

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