Isn't fear natural? Can it really be a sin? I say yes - to both. Yes, fear is natural, but so is all sin. Fear is a sin because it stands opposite of faith - because it is like a blindfold that darkens your ability to see things the way God says they are.
Read MoreEven now I'm amazed at the number of people who were praying for her healing, some of them people I don't even know. Church friends still ask me how she's doing. She might be the most prayed-for horse in the world.
Read MoreBut the Bible suggests that Satan is still a very real threat even to believers - not because Christ has failed, but because this earth is still under the domain of the Prince of Darkness, and will be until the cleansing Tribulation and Second Coming of Christ. Not that he has the power to "snatch us from the Father's hand," but he can easily prevent the unsaved from ever finding rescue if he can cause the saved to become ineffective in their purpose.
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a Pacific Northwest-native writer, photographer, and Bible nerd with a lot of big ideas and a never-ending sense of homesick. Here, in words and in images, I process my inmost thoughts and invite you along on my lifelong pursuit of truth + beauty - ever inspired and sustained by the changeless nature of my beautiful God, and by the hope He offers in His Story.
