10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of
settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous
in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experience of the
apostle Paul. The carnal Corinthians may live and reign,
but he is afflicted, perplexed, p... [ Continue Reading ]
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation
which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into
that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of birth is
not radical enough to denote the great change. Just as, after the day
of the Lord, heaven an... [ Continue Reading ]