The historical tragedies. The image of the vineyard - they were often planted in vineyards and would usually produce three crops per year. So this fig tree had missed nine crops. The cursing of the Fig Tree. The Principles Times of suffering are sovereignly allowed by God to bring purpose and truth to light.
Responsibility brings accountability.
God's gracious delay of judgment is designed to prompt repentance. The repentance is the change of mind that turns from dead works to faith in God. In our culture who you know is very important. We drop names to make ourselves seem more important. Now that Chuck Swindoll is the president of DTS, I will probably run into him from time to time.