In the Meantime - Week Two - "Mishpat!"
There is a myth about Christianity that is perpetuated despite all of the evidence to the contrary. that myth is simply this: When you trust Jesus, your problems fade. Maybe this myth was conveyed to you at some point in time. Lots of Christians try to use this as a selling point for non-Christians so they'll start following Jesus. There are even some Christians who try to put their head in the sand about their problems because they've been taught they shouldn't have any if they really trust in God. Others try to tell you that if you have problems it's because you don't have a close enough walk with Jesus. Recently at one of the Lifetree Cafe programs that our church hosts, we heard the story of a woman who was told by her pastor that the reason her son was born with Downs Syndrome was because she had sinned. The fact of the matter is that we all face problems of one sort or another. We live in uncertain times, and as we learned last we...