Have you ever felt like two different natures are fighting for control of your life? The apostle Paul describes this daily reality for believers: we are simultaneously righteous saints in God's eyes and sinners struggling against our human nature—a concept Martin...
No teaching of Jesus is more difficult or counterintuitive than his command to love one’s enemies. Loving one’s friends makes sense, but loving one’s enemies seems pointless at best and dangerous at worst. Besides, it seems like loving those who have harmed us makes...