Category Archives: Suffering
“We shall sit with Christ as kings” by Richard Sibbes
“This promise is accomplished at the last day of judgment, when we shall sit with Christ as kings, ruling with Him, and as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel, judges of the world. We are here conquerors of the … Continue reading
“God’s megaphone” by C.S. Lewis
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” –C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: HarperCollins, 1940/1996), 91.
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“Our privilege and duty” by David Dickson
“To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction is our privilege and duty, and to carry with us such messages from the Word of God as are fitted to bind up the broken heart. In cases of sudden and … Continue reading
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“Our King” by John Calvin
“We may patiently pass through this life with its misery, hunger, cold, contempt, reproaches, and other troubles– content with this one thing: that our King will never leave us destitute, but will provide for our needs until, our warfare ended, … Continue reading
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“Wimpy worldviews make wimpy Christians” by John Piper
“People who don’t like Christians are all around us. Only a strange providence keeps our churches from being bombed. It is only a matter of time till the reality of the rest of the world comes home. And all the … Continue reading
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“That is the God for me!” by John Stott
“I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross… In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian … Continue reading
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“Your mercies are more than your afflictions” by Jeremiah Burroughs
“Let your afflictions be what they will, there is not one of you, but has more mercies than afflictions. Objection. You will say, ‘Yes, but you do not know what our afflictions are such as you do not conceive of, … Continue reading
