https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
Living worthily as recipients of the best gift (2) [Romans 6:1-14] If you look at the Korean news these days, you will come across news that several people are being investigated by the prosecution because of the list of ‘Park So-and-so’ and the late ‘Jang-so-so’. On one list, it seems that key figures in the former regime who took bribes are being investigated. And on the other list, it seems that because of the documents of a celebrity, the people involved in those documents are being investigated by the prosecution. Meanwhile, while listening to Korean broadcasts on the radio last week, I heard a voice lamenting why there are so many lists like this in Korea. What do you think? I once thought about my list. I thought about what my sin list would be like, where a list of such and such sins were recorded. At the same time, I thought that the list of all sins was completely erased by the b...