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  • 4 Questions about Our Suffering

    4 Questions about Our Suffering

    Here is a handy overview from the Bible to answer questions about suffering. From Crossway.org………. https://www.crossway.org/articles/4-questions-about-our-suffering/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&utm_campaign=6a7626e413-20220730+Apolo%2FEvang+-+Sins+Worse+Than+Others&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-6a7626e413-291179349

  • How to Handle the “Why” Questions

    How to Handle the “Why” Questions

    This fine article reminds us that we will all have “why” questions for God, but the Scriptures — especially the Book of Job — will show us that the answer always is that He is God and we are not. From Servants of Grace…….. https://servantsofgrace.org/how-to-handle-the-why-questions/

  • What Faith Is, and Is Not

    What Faith Is, and Is Not

    This is another typically fine article from author and pastor Randy Alcorn. Here he is writing about faith, and since his wife only recently passed away due to cancer, he is able to bring the proper experience and focus to this important topic. From Eternal Perspectives Ministries via Patheos.com……………………..

  • 16 Bible Passages about Why God Allows Evil and Suffering in the World — Beautiful Christian Life

    16 Bible Passages about Why God Allows Evil and Suffering in the World — Beautiful Christian Life

    Here is a thoughtful and thought-provoking article on God and the presence of evil and suffering in the world. From Beautiful Christian Life………. https://www.beautifulchristianlife.com/blog/16-bible-passages-about-why-god-allows-evil-and-suffering-in-the-world

  • How Do You Want to Suffer, With or Without God?

    How Do You Want to Suffer, With or Without God?

    This is a rather important article to build trust in the Lord. The writer first highlights the inevitability of suffering in this life, for both non-believers and believers. So then, we must decide if we would rather go through our sufferings all on our, or rather with God? From RickThomas.net

  • God’s Threefold Will For Us (Especially When Times Are Tough

    God’s Threefold Will For Us (Especially When Times Are Tough

    The title of this article refers to a passage in 1 Thessalonians 5, where the author draws direction from God in how to respond to any suffering we may face in life. From Reflections by Ken……. https://reflectionsbyken.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/gods-threefold-will-for-us-especially-when-times-are-tough/

  • Hope for When There Is No End In Sight

    Hope for When There Is No End In Sight

    This article on hope in the midst of suffering is written by a pastor with a son who is battling leukemia. Thus, he writes with experience and hard-earned wisdom from the Lord. From Zondervan.com…………….

  • A Wide Variety of Trials | Articles | Two Journeys

    A Wide Variety of Trials | Articles | Two Journeys

    I tend to focus a lot on articles and books that help to make sense of trials and suffering, because in our human, finite thinking, we seem to default to thinking that if we are loved by the King of the Universe, then we should never have to deal with suffering. But of course, that […]