God is in control, and we are responsible for our choices. How exactly this works is a mystery: There are many things mere fallen and…
Malcolm Muggeridge had a lot of wise words to say about suffering: For two thousand years all committed Christians have known about the incalculable value…
It is time for Western Christians to develop a theology of suffering: I have often written on this theme, but when I did a quick…
We need to see the bigger picture as we look around at what is happening to us: In his 1983 Templeton Prize speech Alexander Solzhenitsyn…
If your heart breaks over all the injustice in life, here is good news: Everywhere in this fallen world we see countless cases of injustice…
Lessons from Joni on hardship and suffering: That suffering is something we all experience to varying degrees is simply a fact of life in a…
In dark times we are right to ask God when he will intervene and bring forth justice: We have all asked the question “How long?”…
One’s worldview determines how we approach things like the corona crisis: Two nights ago on television there was a replay of the 1996 film Independence…
Christians should pray the imprecatory psalms: While divine justice will fully and finally be meted out in the next life, Christians can and should seek…
We SHOULD be angry about what is happening. But how we deal with that anger is crucial: I have much more time to write articles…
There is so much to be gleaned from this terrific book: Having just bought a number of new editions of some old C. S. Lewis…
Christians should have a far different response to suffering than atheists: Can one accept the reality of God and of suffering, and not have a…
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…
We all can learn so much from the life and writings of Elisabeth Elliot: Many of you know about the remarkable American Christian missionary and…
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,…
Suffering is a perennial problem and we are all affected by it at least to some extent. It is part of what it is to…
Did you know that one of the greatest, most loved, and most influential preachers of all times not only suffered greatly in the flesh, but…
Suffering is a universal phenomenon. We all suffer in various ways, and we all have questions as to why we do. Like Job of old,…
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…
One might argue that only a morose and maudlin melancholic or a moody misanthrope would dare to write such a piece (let alone offer such…