Posts by Tara Church of Christ
What To Do When Bad Things Happen
There are many bad things that happen in life. A promising athlete suddenly ends his career with a debilitating accident; a wife tells her husband she doesn’t love him anymore and wants a divorce; your house burns down; your family is killed in an automobile crash. Tragedies occur everyday to someone, and sooner or later to me. What should we do? We must strengthen our faith in God. What ever the tragedy, trauma or trou-ble, with God’s help, we can…
Repentance and Forgiveness
Jesus often taught on the importance of forgiveness in his personal ministry. Following his model prayer in which He mentions forgiveness as an important petition to the Father, He said, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if, you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matt. 6:12,14,15) Some of our Lord’s parables emphasized the importance of forgiveness. (cf. Matt. 18:21-35) Jesus also exemplified the spirit…