Another quote by John Stott, this one on God’s love and His wrath:

God’s wrath is not incompatible with his love. The contrast between verses 3 and 4 of Ephesians 2 is notable: “we were by nature children of wrath … But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us . . . ” Thus Paul moves from the wrath of God to the mercy and love of God without any sense of embarrassment or anomaly. He is able to hold them together in his mind because he believed that they were held together in God’s character.

–From “The Message of Ephesians” (The Bible Speaks Today series: Leicester: IVP, 1979), p. 75.

Lauren McCain was one of 32 people murdered at Virginia Tech on April 16th. Judy Nelson, writing at Common Grounds Online, describes a meeting she had with Lauren’s parents, in which she learned how God has comforted the McCains in the wake of Lauren’s death. Nelson also writes of a video interview for Campus Crusade for Christ in which Lauren presented her testimony. I highly recommend viewing the video and reflecting on this young woman’s love for Jesus.

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