Suffering
A New Apologetic Front: Spirituality and Suffering in the Army
In an institution like the military, where soldiers must die, platitudes must die as well. Horace’s famous words, “*Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori*” (How sweet and fitting it is to die for one’s country), grind to a halt before real suffering […]
When Should I Disobey Authorities?
Governing officials have a God-given authority and we should honor and respect them even though we may not always agree with them. But the call to submit to them isn’t universal. The moment an edict steps on God’s laws or imposes idolatry, we are called to obey God rather than men.
What Did You Expect from God, Anyway?
The MRI results come back and they don’t look good. Your paycheck just won’t cover all the bills this month. Another negative pregnancy test. You get the midnight phone call no parent wants to get. No human is immune to suffering, adversity, and the juggernaut of circumstance in a broken world. And, aside from our […]
Jesus Stood: What We Can Learn from the Martyrdom of Stephen
“The edifice of the Church is stained with the blood of martyrs, trickling upward from the very bloody Cornerstone himself.”
3 Ways Poor Theology About Suffering Hurts People
God is our Father, and a gentle one, at that. He pays such close attention to our grief that David wrote, “You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” (Ps. 56:8).
