Articles by José Rosifran C Macedo
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Like fine wine, people need change to mature. You can refuse to embrace change but it will come at a cost. Times of change provide opportunities for us to deal with aspects of our being that become barriers for deeper relationship with God. Doing so also helps improve our relationships with others. -
Biblical keys to persevering through hardship
The global pandemic began a decade of tremendous uncertainty, loss, and suffering. It is fruitless to try and fight, control, or ignore grief. Here, we look to Scripture for healthy examples of dealing with the trials of life. -
The counterintuitive grace of letting go in grief
Sometimes that which we want most alludes us because of our yearning for it. In times of crisis and grief the hardest response is to surrender, but that is precisely what God asks us to do so that we can find fulfillment. -
CS Lewis says our true Christian identity is not found in worldly ideologies but in becoming one with the Creator
A very crucial issue in the church today is how we are to understand our identity. There is not much room for independent thought as we are forced to position ourselves as either individualist or collectivist. The Christian life is neither or those. It is something else altogether. For the sake of God's glory we need to realize this.
