No sooner did the plague subside than famine gripped the land. Rinkhart did his best to help others, reducing rations for his own household until he found himself mortgaging his future income in order to purchase food and other necessities for them. During this time, the Swedish army returned...
2 He continued, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may stay alive and not die.” 3 So ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the others,...
On the other hand, the focus of Part Two, “Suffering with Cause”, is the response of biblical saints to suffering as punishment for sin, whether their own sin or that of others. Lastly, Part Three examines the wisdom concerning suffering that the Son of God brought to man when he ...
he draws them especially as revealed in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. God is not a control freak or puppet master. He is sorrowful when people use their freedom to abuse others. God asks for trust and love from us so that we can be partakers of relieving pain and ...
Thousands of women feel they’re free to leave their marriages every year only to find themselves exhausted, stressed out, and bitter. Others stay married but have very little time for the things that matter most to God. I know many of you gave up jobs and careers because you wanted to ...
for sacrificing his life. Others thought he was a sinner, but he suffered for our sins and asked God to forgive us. Footnotes 52.14him:One ancient translation; Hebrew “you.” 52.14human:One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 14. ...
and of the standing doctrine of the Old Testament that Israel was punished for its sin, we shall be slow to believe that this picture of the Sinless One, smitten for the sins of others, can have reference to the nation in any of its parts, or to any one man. However other poetry ...
This does not mean that people who are suffering are always the cause of their own suffering; often people suffer because of the sins of others. And though suffering is painful and we should do whatever we can to avoid causing it, God can even use suffering to produce good. “He was ...
All of the elect are included here. The church has been slow to recognize that those living with one or more disabilities have gifts meant for the good of the church. Typically, people with disabilities in the church are thought of as recipients of good works from others. Yet I have met...
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—Berean Standard BibleAll this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for ...