suffering When God is in the Whisper 9 Feb 2023 In the midst of suffering we often want relief, but would settle for being seen and loved in our sorrow. But what do you do when God, the one who…
Family… The Purity of the Words of God in Psalm 12 21 Feb 2020 Perhaps you've had this experience: you know that the person talking to you is being dishonest, insincere, or manipulative but you are unable to prove it. Or perhaps you have…
suffering The Value of Suffering in Sanctification (Part 4) 13 Dec 2019 How we live speaks more volumes to the people around us, then the words we say. Our lives are the testimony of our true, deeper beliefs. This is especially true…
suffering The Value of Suffering in Sanctification (Part 3) 13 Nov 201913 Nov 2019 It was interesting to me that George did not believe he had an anger problem. It seemed obvious to others around him, but he remained resistant to the idea. It…
suffering The Value of Suffering in Sanctification (Part 2) 5 Nov 2019 The work of Christ on the cross is unique. It is unparalleled and can never be repeated. What Jesus did in dying for our sins no other person could ever…
suffering The Value of Suffering in Sanctification (Part 1) 24 Oct 2019 The idea that hardship, trials, sufferings, and/or sorrows might be valuable to us is a ludicrous idea in our modern cultural context. Our culture views suffering as something to be…
suffering God’s Compassion on Our Doubts 17 Apr 2019 Suffering and hardship bring with it a host of related challenges. Beyond the emotional pain suffering particularly targets our faith, and invites us to call into question the God we…
suffering Jesus’ Bones and the Sovereignty of God 8 Jan 2019 It can feel overwhelming from a theological perspective to wrestle with the complex nature of God's relationship to evil, but it is made all the more difficult by our experience…
suffering The Three Crosses of Calvary and the Universality of Suffering 26 Jul 2017 "In this world you will have trouble" (John 16:33b). No one escapes suffering in some form. It comes for all of us at some point. Far too many people live…
1 Peter… Elect Exiles?: The Role of Suffering in 1 Peter (Part 3) 7 Nov 20128 Nov 2012 When I think about the ways that Christians around the world, throughout time, have suffered it makes me glad to live in the U.S. in the 21st century. From almost…