But sometimes silence results not just from personality, but from awe. Job understandably cries out about his suffering and wonders what God is doing in his life for multiple chapters of the book bearing his name. And then God speaks. He doesn’t answer Job’s questions. But He reveals his...
Thisparticularhermeneuticalpractice influencedby liberationtheologyhas oneunapologeticprinciple:“No biblical themecanbeusedto discriminateagainstor oppressanother”(Tamez2016,12).Suchaprincipleis alsoreflected in otherminoritizedgroups’readingpracticein whichtheyreadtheirsufferingand resistanceexperiencesintothe...
Marriage,Scripture,Spiritual Growth,Suffering Gratitude in the Valley of Shadows Today, I’m honored to have Sarah Geringer—a friend that I met through the blogosphere and roomed with at She Speaks in 2017—as my guest today, speaking on how to transform our thoughts. She’s even written ...
2 Peter 2:4-6: Peter also reveals that the Sodomites are suffering in hell for their sins by comparing the Sodomites’ punishment to the eternal punishment of the evil angels. Just as God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, so He did the same with the ...
Our world is not at all perfect, and neither are we. God is perfect. He wants us to continue to read His Word so our faith may be strengthened for He sent Christ to show us the way. Don’t look to find meaning to the suffering, but let the suffering add meaning to our lives. ...
The Navigators provide a second book, Topical Memory System: Life Issues, that provides resources and memory verse cards on various life issues such as anger, dealing with sin, sex, stress, guilt, self-image, suffering, perfectionism, money, depression, knowing God’s will, and love....
Romans 8:28 assures us that God is in control, even in suffering, and is working out His good purposes for those who love Him. Some of our experiences may arise from hearts that are bent on evil and harm toward us, but God ultimately controls the outcome of those events and uses them...
For those of us who are believers in the Creator God, what we understand about pain and suffering in this world reveals what we know about God…or what we don’t know about Him. As our opening verses indicate. knowing and understanding God should give us a correct world view about all ...
Let us explore one of the spiritual gifts mentioned by the apostle Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians: … Continue reading→ Pain and Suffering December 9, 2024 You can read Lamentations 2 here: Lamentations 2 – God’s Anger over Israel Why this is important: In the Christian …...
A Perspective About the End Times Some Thoughts About the Judgment of God The Authority of Scripture Some Thoughts About Salvation Is Reincarnation Scriptural? But Even If Not The Fruit of the Spirit Pain and Suffering Our God Is Faithful ...