Therefore, since we have been justified\u00a0through faith,\u00a0we\u00a0<\/span>have peace\u00a0with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,\u00a0through whom we have gained access\u00a0by faith into this grace in which we now stand.\u00a0And we\u00a0<\/span>boast in the hope\u00a0of the glory of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNow keep in mind that there is much wrapped into all of this and we could go on and on and on: understanding of faith itself, the role of salvation, the nature of Jesus\u00a0Christ, how we measure success, etc. but in case you were wondering why some of us Christian losers bother doing stuff that seems like a waste of time, now you know.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whenever I talk about Christianity and the issues,\u00a0passions\u00a0and positions that so many Christians hold, someone inevitably lobs the \u201cWhy do you bother? What you are doing doesn\u2019t make any difference!\u201d\u00a0argument\u00a0into the mix. This comes both from people of faith who have been burned-out by living what feels like a life of futility as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":5494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[16523,17257,17292,16746,17288,16586,17289,17291,17087],"class_list":["post-5493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-religion","tag-christianity","tag-christians","tag-failure","tag-faith","tag-grace","tag-pastoral-leadership","tag-prosperity-gospel","tag-success","tag-theology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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