Tag: Suffering

“Why do bad things happen to good people?” How to Answer the Most Common Question in Ministry

I am not the most qualified person in the world to answer this question. Neither are you. And yet we’re all asked it—and asking it ourselves. So how can we address the hardest question we’re all asking in a way that comforts and connects us?

It’s Better to Suffer as a Christian

When we recognize the goodness of the Master, we have good reason to delight in bearing the burden of the day—even in scorching heat—because His kingdom is worth our full labor.

Are Christians Really Happy?

Are Christians delusionally optimistic or toxically positive in the face of suffering? Is religion just a sad excuse for a crutch in the face of our crushing circumstances? I would say: absolutely not! Christianity avoids both delusional optimism and toxic positivity, and our text this morning shows us how. 

Thanksgiving with Job

If you know anything about the book of Job, this might seem like an odd choice of passage for a thanksgiving message. Most of the book of Job shows a miserable man, deep in suffering, longing for death, looking for an explanation of why God would allow a righteous man to suffer so horribly. Job’s

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