God Breathed

The Therapeutic Gospel by David Powlison

“Need for excitement and adventure? To participate in Christ’s kingdom is to play a part within the Greatest Action-Adventure Story Ever Told. But the paradox of redemption again turns the whole world upside down. The real adventure takes the path of weakness, struggle, endurance, patience, small kindnesses done well. The road to excellence in wisdom is unglamorous. Other people might take better vacations and have a more thrilling marriage than yours. The path of Jesus calls forth more grit than thrill. He needed endurance far more than He needed excitement. His kingdom might not cater to our cravings for derring-do and thrill-seeking, but ‘solid joys and lasting treasures none but Zion’s children know.’”