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January 2, 2013 By Andreas Köstenberger

Failure, the Backdoor to Success

Many years ago, I read Chicago pastor Erwin Lutzer’s little book Failure, the Back Door to Success. The title sums up the underlying message perfectly: while none of us welcomes failure, many times we must fail before we can succeed. In God’s terms, suffering and testing will often precede glory and success. No passage in the… Read More

Filed Under: Biblical Theology, Blog, Missions & Discipeship, Systematic Theology Tagged With: Biblical Theology, Devotional, Discipleship, Failure, Glory, Isaiah, Old Testament, Success, Theology

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