We need comfort and perspective in our trials: Suffering is a universal condition, something we all experience. The Christian message is unique in that it…
Pain stinks, but it can often serve useful and redemptive purposes: OK, my title can go in all sorts of directions, and in a moment…
Here are a number of important books dealing with suffering, pain and evil and how we might respond: We all suffer in various ways, so…
It goes without saying that over time Christians are meant to grow spiritually, experience progressive character development, and increasingly become more Christlike. Scripture is certainly…
Everyone suffers. The question is, how do we cope with it? The Christian believes various things about suffering, including the wonderful truth that we are…
OK, these are certainly some rather large topics that I am attempting to cover in a very short article. But it follows on from a…
Many believers throughout the ages have experienced what appears to be the silence, absence, distance, hiddenness, or unresponsiveness of God. Prayers seem to be unanswered,…
Avoiding unbiblical extremes and staying within the bounds of the data of Scripture is paramount for the Christian. I have been writing of late on…
The importance of the Old Testament for believers today cannot be overstated. But neither can it be overstated how often and how much the OT…
One common complaint made about God is that if he is so loving, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world. This…
Life in this world is filled with tears. And if this life was all there was, then this would be terribly tragic indeed. But the…
In light of the theological framework developed in Part One of this article, I want to flesh this out in some practical specifics, looking at…
One major mistake of some believers in general, and the prosperity gospel in particular, is to equate a person’s economic and material standing with his…
“The crust of the earth is soaked with the tears of suffering.” That is how philosopher Eleonore Stump once described the problem of evil and…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) is one of my favourite writers, and his 1908 volume Orthodoxy is one of my favourite books. He was an English…
Allow me to take a few liberties here, with explanation to follow. But an upcoming conference should be on every Christian’s calendar. It looks to…
There are all sorts of reasons why I should not be writing this article. First, I will not only flummox most non-believers looking at this…
Those involved in the culture wars (such as myself) often are asked if this may not be at best a distraction from the gospel or…