The discussion of each is grounded in a particular scriptural passage in order to keep the focus on the Bible. It’s my hope that consideration of the various ways God responds to suffering will enable us to hear all of the voices in the choir. The Two Ways: Suffering and...
Suffering, Hard Work and No Friends - I looked and saw how much people were suffering on this earth. I saw the tears of those who are suffering. They
The article discusses the argument concerning the meaning of Suffering Servant mentioned in different verses in the Bible. It reveals that Christians believe that the Suffering Servant refers to Jesus, however, the Jews stress that the term pertains to the Jewish people. The author explores ...
The passage begins with Solomon asking God to forgive those who are suffering under a famine, a pestilence, a blight, or mildew or locust or caterpillar, even if their enemies besiege them at the gates – whatever the plague many be, Solomon asks God to hear their prayer from heaven, and...
So when we are in the midst of suffering, we must not think that God has abandoned us. We can choose to find hope in the fact that there is purpose for our pain – the purpose is to mold us more into the likeness of Jesus! And the glory of heaven that awaits us will make our ...
First, does the literature embody Christian thoughts, such as the consciousness of love, suffering, and atonement? Second, what are the writer’s own beliefs? Is the writer a Christian writer with a positive impression of Christian culture, or does he or she have the tendency to be anti-...
Israel wanted a king "like the gentiles," and God said this was a rejection of God (1 Samuel 8). ← Read that passage. Having a king is a rejection of God.Having a military is a rejection of God.Is the Bible about going to heaven when you die, or is the Bible an Anarchist ...
And, no matter what happens to us in the world, we do not let heartbreak, pain, grief, or any suffering batter us about like a mindless, purposeless, directionless thing. We act in faith and we live faithfully and we are brought forward through our lives by the endless gifts of God, ...
So our Christian God of Light and Love, our God of Mercy and Forgiveness and Long-Suffering Patience, certainly has nothing in common with any concept of God that would insist He favors the use of beheadings, mass murder, genocide, terrorism, "human shields," and massacres for the achievem...
It is most certainly true that many places in the New Testament speak plainly concerning the loving Gospel of Grace through Jesus Christ: about His suffering and death on the cross as the only acceptable, and therefore perfect, sacrifice/peace offering to God for sin; about His resurrection and...