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Category Archives: Suffering
Two builders and a catastrophic storm
Sometimes a storm of crisis or calamity reveals what manner of person we are, for ‘true piety is not fully distinguished from its counterfeit till it comes to the trial’ Continue reading
Hope large enough to overcome death
Where is there hope sufficiently encompassing to enable us to know that all our pain and suffering has not been in vain? Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Death, Evil in the world, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Worldview
Tagged Death, Hope, hopeless, Loss, Suffering, Worldview
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Allured by love
He promises to draw us apart, for there he can best deal with us, and this separated place is not to be a Paradise, but a wilderness, since in such a place… Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Despair, Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, Discouragement, Doubt, Fear of death, Glorify God, God, God as Potter, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged doubting God, God's ways not our ways, hard times, Questioning God, struggling, temptations, Trials
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Five parts to our story
If we hope to live well in a painfully complicated and broken world… Continue reading
Buried or planted?
A perspective to challenge us in times when we feel unproductive or when we’ve been unfaithful.
An application of this distinction (Buried or Planted) could be made at the graveside of every believer in Christ. Continue reading
Forgiving those who hurt you
Extending forgiveness is far more difficult for those who do not often celebrate their own forgiveness and for those who cannot confess that God is Lord of their circumstances Continue reading
Posted in Bitterness, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Forgiveness, Guidelines for living, Guilt, Revenge, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Teaching of Jesus, Trials
Tagged anger, forgiving. hard to forgive, hurt by others, Revenge, struggle with bitterness, unforgiving
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Abundant life includes pain and struggle
It sometimes doesn’t feel good to be a Christian on the straight and narrow. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Comfort, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Discipline, discouraged, Following Christ, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Discipleship, Hardships, Suffering, triaals
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Weakness is the way
Does God allow us to stay with the idea that we are strong? Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, discouraged, Suffering, Trials
Tagged JI Packer, thorn in flesh, Weakness
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Discipline vs. Punishment
Jesus bore the punishment our sin (all of it) deserved. Should we then be uncomfortable with the thought that God punishes believers for specific sins? Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Punishment, Salvation, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God
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