Lance Brown

Real Christianity is meant to be the fix for what goes awry in our human nature and what torpedoes real relationships. It is also meant to provide a deeper satisfaction and a power for living we cannot generate on our own. Is the “something” we are all looking for when we realize “something’s missing.”

“Good Friday” is a strange name for this day. If you describe what actually happened — a man arrested on false charges, beaten beyond recognition, nailed to a cross in front of a mocking crowd “good” is not the first word that comes to mind. Horrific. Unjust. Brutal. Those fit. But good? Unless something else…

Habakkuk opens his book at full volume. There is no easing in, no diplomatic preamble. Just raw, unfiltered frustration aimed directly at heaven. When God doesn’t answer our prayers in the way that we want, it’s easy to find ourselves frustrated or angry, and yet…