Tag Archives: Suffering

When Mother's Day Is Hard
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Mother's Day is your time of need, and God does not turn away from you during your time of need; he wants you to find grace to help.

Restoration: The Promise of the Resurrection
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What is unique about the gospel that can bring deeper joy and hope into the lives of everyday people than "the greatest place on earth"?

A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
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Journalist Rod Dreher talks about faith, tragedy, family, love, and the good life.

The God Who Finds Us
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When we struggle to believe, it's not that we've misplaced hope; it's that we've misplaced God, who is our hope.

Limitations: Our Gift from God
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In our limitations, God gives us exactly what we need in order to make us more like him and prepare us for glory.

Missions: Not Safe But Good
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If you can manage your own life, you have not sold out for Jesus.

The Value of a Tired Soul
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A tired soul is a reminder that there needs to be a rescue. Without a tired soul I think we would forget this.

What We All Need to Learn from the Minority Experience
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Increasingly persecuted in our day, the church can learn much from the African American experience.

You Asked: How Do We Know If God Is Disciplining Us?
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Easy, formulaic answers to questions of suffering are invariably reductionistic — and they make bad theology, too.

If God Says No
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God is guiding, directing, protecting, and laying down boundary lines for our good and his glory.