Comments on: Brothers, Embrace the Providence of God! by Mike Evans http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/ Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:29:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » Please Pray for Mike Evans http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-117974 Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » Please Pray for Mike Evans Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:23:34 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-117974 [...] brain. Mike writes for the Iowa homeschool newsletter, and we have reprinted some of his articles here on this blog. You can read Mike’s blog [...] [...] brain. Mike writes for the Iowa homeschool newsletter, and we have reprinted some of his articles here on this blog. You can read Mike’s blog [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-42828 Chris Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:11:43 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-42828 I certainly agree that providence as a theological category is about God's involvement with the perfection and completion of creation. The trouble I have is the implication that God would cause suffering. This would seem to contradict what we Christians believe about the very nature of God. Are free will and self will not really the sources of suffering and pain? When we experience pain, we repent-change direction-and return to seek the will of God. I don't think God ever causes us to stumble for any purpose, but the occasion of our stumbling and the requisite repentance, actually deepen our faith. We return to find God waiting on us. Resurrection itself is about the fact that God can be present in the midst of the most difficult pieces of life and, in fact, redeem those moments. Jesus died, not as a result of a plan per se, but as the result of His absolute trust in God and His unwillingness to be deterred. The resurrection is God's yes to trust and faith. Peace, Chris+ I certainly agree that providence as a theological category is about God’s involvement with the perfection and completion of creation. The trouble I have is the implication that God would cause suffering. This would seem to contradict what we Christians believe about the very nature of God. Are free will and self will not really the sources of suffering and pain? When we experience pain, we repent-change direction-and return to seek the will of God. I don’t think God ever causes us to stumble for any purpose, but the occasion of our stumbling and the requisite repentance, actually deepen our faith. We return to find God waiting on us.

Resurrection itself is about the fact that God can be present in the midst of the most difficult pieces of life and, in fact, redeem those moments. Jesus died, not as a result of a plan per se, but as the result of His absolute trust in God and His unwillingness to be deterred. The resurrection is God’s yes to trust and faith.

Peace,
Chris+

]]> By: Carl Holmes http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-22666 Carl Holmes Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:31:57 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-22666 Well said Mike: "The next time one of your sons or daughters does something shocking, sinful, or shameful, I encourage you to prayerfully consider God’s plans in it." this was written before Monday...this is something we need to ask ourselves now... "can we see God in it? And the answer should be yes we can. Well said Mike:

“The next time one of your sons or daughters does something shocking, sinful, or shameful, I encourage you to prayerfully consider God’s plans in it.”

this was written before Monday…this is something we need to ask ourselves now… “can we see God in it? And the answer should be yes we can.

]]> By: Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage » Christian Carnival CLXVIII http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-22594 Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage » Christian Carnival CLXVIII Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:26:20 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-22594 [...] Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit presents Brothers, Embrace the Providence of God! an article written by Mike [...] [...] Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit presents Brothers, Embrace the Providence of God! an article written by Mike [...]

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-18644 Lindsey Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:14:24 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-18644 This is dead on, and I needed to hear it. Thank you. This is dead on, and I needed to hear it.
Thank you.

]]> By: Halfmom http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-16572 Halfmom Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:02:37 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-16572 Excellent post - little will bring you to your knees faster to acknowledge who happens to be God and who does not other than your kids or your health - and I have been stubborn enough apparently to have experienced both. However, what I have come to realize is that there is great peace rather than frustration and fear in submitting and embracing God's sovereign nature - not often do I get it right but the more often I do, the more peaceful and content I am irregardless of the circumstances. Excellent post – little will bring you to your knees faster to acknowledge who happens to be God and who does not other than your kids or your health – and I have been stubborn enough apparently to have experienced both. However, what I have come to realize is that there is great peace rather than frustration and fear in submitting and embracing God’s sovereign nature – not often do I get it right but the more often I do, the more peaceful and content I am irregardless of the circumstances.

]]> By: Michele in TX http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-16515 Michele in TX Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:08:21 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-16515 I enjoyed this post. I agree with Mr. Evans that we can tend to forget the sovereignty of God when it comes to the behavior of our own children, thank you for that reminder. But what about, raise him up in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it? I enjoyed this post. I agree with Mr. Evans that we can tend to forget the sovereignty of God when it comes to the behavior of our own children, thank you for that reminder. But what about, raise him up in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it?

]]> By: Christine Masloske http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-16438 Christine Masloske Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:42:10 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-16438 Dear Laurie, Thank you for posting this! It is exactly what many of us need to hear. Too often in the homeschool community, in my opinion, the salvation of our children is placed upon the fathers and the mothers, and sovereignty is taken away from the Lord our God. What a crushing burden to place upon people what only the Lord can do. Now I firmly believe that the Scriptures command fathers to teach their children of the Lord and to raise them up in His ways, but who the Lord will add to His Church is truly up to Him. It also seems to me that the hs community promotes a certain kind of perfection from parents and their children and leaves little room for the trials and tribulations that Jesus tells us we will face on earth. Often it is not preached that we need to be constantly on our knees, praying without ceasing, as we live and trust in the Lord and His perfect will for our lives. Too much emphasis is placed on a step-by-step plan of how to have the perfect family and children. Mr. Evans really hits the mark when he repeats "God is in control." We know that whatever we are experiencing in our lives at this moment, it is the Lord's will and we must give thanks for it. "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." (1Th 5:18) Sometimes it is hard to say "Thank you, Lord!" for chronic illness or for a wayward child or for an unbearable loss of of loved one but we must learn to do this and trust in Him and give Him the glory for all things. What a breath of fresh air to hear the truth proclaimed from Scripture by Mr. Evans. May all who read your posted article be abundantly blessed by it! Love in Christ, Christine Dear Laurie,

Thank you for posting this! It is exactly what many of us need to hear. Too often in the homeschool community, in my opinion, the salvation of our children is placed upon the fathers and the mothers, and sovereignty is taken away from the Lord our God. What a crushing burden to place upon people what only the Lord can do. Now I firmly believe that the Scriptures command fathers to teach their children of the Lord and to raise them up in His ways, but who the Lord will add to His Church is truly up to Him.

It also seems to me that the hs community promotes a certain kind of perfection from parents and their children and leaves little room for the trials and tribulations that Jesus tells us we will face on earth. Often it is not preached that we need to be constantly on our knees, praying without ceasing, as we live and trust in the Lord and His perfect will for our lives. Too much emphasis is placed on a step-by-step plan of how to have the perfect family and children.

Mr. Evans really hits the mark when he repeats “God is in control.” We know that whatever we are experiencing in our lives at this moment, it is the Lord’s will and we must give thanks for it. “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1Th 5:18) Sometimes it is hard to say “Thank you, Lord!” for chronic illness or for a wayward child or for an unbearable loss of of loved one but we must learn to do this and trust in Him and give Him the glory for all things.

What a breath of fresh air to hear the truth proclaimed from Scripture by Mr. Evans. May all who read your posted article be abundantly blessed by it!

Love in Christ,
Christine

]]> By: Miz Booshay http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-16431 Miz Booshay Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:17:49 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-16431 Thank you for sharing this excellent article. Thank you for sharing this excellent article.

]]> By: Dominion Family » Blessings: I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think it Means http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/comment-page-1/#comment-16281 Dominion Family » Blessings: I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think it Means Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:10:10 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2007/03/26/brothers-embrace-the-providence-of-god-by-mike-evans/#comment-16281 [...] Bluedorns posted this devotional today and while you probably don’t need me to link to it I must say I think it is dead-on. Not only [...] [...] Bluedorns posted this devotional today and while you probably don’t need me to link to it I must say I think it is dead-on. Not only [...]

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