The Phrase We All Repeat—But the Bible Never Said: On the Ideas We Adopt Without a Filter, and How They Shape Our Faith Without Permission
Armando Allen, National Director of Men’s Ministry, Hispanic Baptist Network I was preparing a study for a group of men when I paused at a phrase I intended to use as an introduction: “God does not give you more than you can handle.” I had heard it hundreds of times. I had said it myself in pastoral contexts. It sounded perfectly Christian. But when I went to look up the exact verse, I realized something uncomfortable: the Bible doesn’t say that. What Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:13 is...
