In our fifth cliche of the series (for previous posts, see here, here, here, and here), I'd like to tackle a very common and very controversial idea. This post certainly ties back into some of the other issues already explored. Further, this idea is also deeply rooted in much Christian thinking. As with our other cliches, there is some biblical rooting for the idea, but the lack of nuancing with which it is portrayed is troublesome (at least to me. In this post I will address the question of whether God
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We are continuing our series here of looking at some common, but I think faulty, Christian cliches that are frequently heard in Christian circles but not frequently analyzed in terms of their biblical validity. My hope in this series is to guide us into thinking more richly and fully about the Bible and its world. In our last post, we examined the charge to find "God's will for your life." In this post we will examine the common notion that I previously looked at two common, faulty, Christian cliches. The first being "God has a wonderful plan for your life" and the second that "God will not put more on you than you can bear." I suggested both have an element of truth to them while ultimately being biblically unsatisfying. I'd like to take on a third cliche in this post which I think is also flawed. Like the others, it also contains the potential to be spiritually and psychologically damaging. In my first post in this series, I addressed the common Christian cliche that "God has a wonderful plan for your life." As is the case with most faulty Christian cliches, I suggested there is an element of truth to the statement, though the context in which it is used generally does not fit the biblical pattern. In this post I would like to address a second, very common Christian cliche. But before we get there, I'd also like to remind that my intent with this series is not belittlement or mockery, but edification and instruction. With that said, the second faulty I've been wanting for sometime to do this series and decided to finally just jump into it. Hopefully I can address these with some consistency over the next few weeks. There are certainly more cliches than I will touch on (if you have some that you'd like to get my take on, feel free to send them my way), but these are fairly prevalent in most Christian circles.
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