Posts by: Matt Keller

The Groan Before the Glory: Why Our Suffering Is Not in Vain

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In the early 1800s, as silence crept in and hearing slipped away, Ludwig van Beethoven composed what many believe is his greatest masterpiece—his Ninth Symphony. Deaf, isolated from the very sound that defined his genius, Beethoven still managed to write music that thundered through concert halls and moved the world. At the symphony’s debut, the[…]

No Middle Ground

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We tend to think of life as a spectrum—a mix of good and bad, strength and weakness, faith and doubt. But when it comes to our spiritual standing before God, Scripture leaves no room for shades of gray. In Romans 8, Paul makes a bold and sobering distinction: you are either controlled by the flesh[…]