Male leadership in the home is seen in radical sacrificial love that mirrors that same radical selfless love that was demonstrated in our Lord’s life-giving death for the church (Eph. 5:25). According to Jesus’ example, masculinity is not domineering, it is service-orientated. Masculinity is not driving the family from behind, but leading the family by way of example, like the Great Shepherd Himself who always goes before the flock.
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Romans 8:28 and Sandy Hook

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#1 · December 29, 2012, 11:54 am

Posted by: rxdca <rxdca@...>

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.(NIV)

I've been pondering the meaning of this verse in the light of Newtown/Sandy Hook. In that light I'm not sure the verse can mean what I've taken it to mean, that good things can come out of bad circumstances.  How do you tell someone who has lost a child, perhaps the worst thing that can happen to us in this life, that good will somehow come out of it? In fact, to those who have lost children at Sandy Hook I'm not sure that Romans 8:28 would be very comforting. I know from my OT studies, my studies of Ecclesiastes, that the effects of the curse come into every life, no matter what we do to try to guard or shield ourselves from it.  Ecclesiastes also tells us how to find comfort and joy in the Lord despite the curse. Is this what Romans 8:28 is talking about?  Is that what "called according to his purpose" means?

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