“Jesus experientially feels our pain. Betrayal? That spike has already been pounded through His wrist. Loneliness? That lash has whipped His back more than once. Loss of a loved one? He has wept at cemeteries. Sickness? “Surely He has borne… — Dick Brogden Copy Share Image
“God can sustain us in a hostile environment, shielding us from abuse. God can also lead us through the valley of the shadow of… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Finishing Well Requires Mountains of Grace. The mountainous problems that surround us are made flat in the end by God’s grace (4: 7). Our… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Jesus experientially feels our pain. Betrayal? That spike has already been pounded through His wrist. Loneliness? That lash has whipped His back more than… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“I consider the most terrifying verse in all Scripture to be Matthew 12:36: “But I say to you that for every idle word men… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Why do we expect God to have less grace on others than He has had on us? Let us trust God to choose His… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“God is just as good to us in His denials as He is in His approvals. The denials of God are immeasurable mercies. If… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“How frustrating it must be to be the Devil. Whatever he means for evil (Gen. 50:20), God has the ability to turn for good.… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“The point is not rigid legalism. The point is the spirit of the communication—understandable only because Moses was intimate with God (forty days and… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“God tells us why: “I … have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. … So I have come… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Being wrong-right not only destroys others, it ends up suicidal, for when the light that is in us is darkness, how great is that… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“When God judges us, He divides out our sin. Judgment is divine surgery. God carefully puts us on the operating table of love, searches… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Because God knows how miserable sorrow is, He comes down to help us. A God who is only transcendent cannot be empathetic. A transcendent… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“It is inevitable that we will be misunderstood. It is inevitable that we will offend or disappoint others. Invariably, when we try to clear… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“When we forgive out of the shame of being an idiot and in the joy of being forgiven ourselves, this severs the root of… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
“Forgiveness keeps us lowly. Forgiveness reduces our injuries and makes us insult-proof. Forgiveness keeps us small, for we are not important enough to be… — Dick Brogden Copy Share
