Be strong and courageous. Those are the words that the Lord spoke to Joshua as he was sending

him across the Jordan to take possession of the promised land. Pastor Brian Wolf Miller talking

about his presentation at the 26 issues, etc. making the case conference. Where does that courage

come from? From Joshua's strength? From the number of soldiers? No, from the promise,

I will not leave you or forsake you. The Christian is courageous to face all of the troubles of

this world, not because we're strong, not because we can resist the world and the flesh and the devil

on our own, but because the

Lord is with us. The Lord fights for us. The Lord keeps us through all the troubles of life into

the joy and hope of the life to come. You can meet and hear Pastor Brian Wolf-Miller making

the case for Christian Courage at this year's Making the Case Conference June 12th and 13th

at Concordia University, Chicago.

Learn more at issuezc.org.

This has been four decades boilerplate in American evangelicalism.

God has a wonderful plan for your life, and that becomes a lot of the focus of evangelical

theology.

What is the plan?

God isn't going to come out and just tell you what the plan is.

You're going to have to figure it out. And what happens if you

can't figure it out or if you figure wrong? Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about God's hidden will in your life, Pastor Roy Askins, executive editor of the

Lutheran Witness magazine, interim executive director of LCS Communications,

an author of a recent column for the Lutheran Witness titled The Plans I Have for You.

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