Archive for March, 2010

SBC Blog Madness – Final

Posted on March 29, 2010 at 7:58pm by Micah Fries 1 Comment

Thanks to your faithful voting I’ve somehow made it through to the Final Round of the SBC Blog Madness contest. If you could help me out by running over and voting for me, I would really appreciate it. I am up against some significant blogs, group blogs none-the-less, which means that there are a large…

Can you see Him in your pain?

Posted on March 25, 2010 at 11:46am by Micah Fries No Comment

We began a short, 3 week series, this past Sunday looking at ways in which the Resurrection radically transforms our lives. We started with a message looking at how a believer can approach the existence of debilitating pain in our lives. What does a Gospel-centered approach to devastating difficulty, heartache and/or pain look like? Looking…

When tragedy comes, God is good…

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 3:42pm by Micah Fries 2 Comments

This past Sunday we examined how a believer should approach pain, heartache and hurt in their life. Looking at Paul’s thoughts in 2 Corinthians 12 we learned that, while we don’t love the idea of pain, we love the Jesus we know in our pain. While we may not ever wish to experience hurt or…

What is pain?

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 7:14am by Micah Fries No Comment

There are few things that we Americans despise like pain. We run from pain and even spend a fair amount of time attempting to prevent pain. Against that backdrop we find an intriguing message from the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12. He says that he has pain, in fact he clarifies that it is…

I could use your help

Posted on March 23, 2010 at 9:34am by Micah Fries 2 Comments

Hey friends, I could use your help. The good folks over at SBCVoices.com have once again put together their “Blog Madness” contest for blogs within the SBC blogging world. I doubt I have much chance, particularly going up against the giants of the blogging world that are in the contest, but somehow I’ve made it…

Why does God hate divorce?

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 5:00pm by Micah Fries 1 Comment

God hates divorce, we are told in Malachi 2. Those are strong words and words which we seem to misunderstand as much as any within Scripture. Why is divorce singled out as a specific object of God’s displeasure? Marriage is intended by God for our holiness and His glory above even our own happiness. Too…