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“Suffering will teach you who you are. It's a textbook that will show you the stuff of which you are made. And sometimes it's not very pretty. Suffering will squeeze that out of you. We say we know Christ. The next time you suffer hard, find out what comes out of your...
Our lives have value until the very end of them, even when we experience the pain of the "left hand of God," as Joni calls it. In this one day Focus on the Family broadcast Jim Daly & John Fuller talk with Joni Eareckson Tada over her book, When is it Right to Die? Joni powerfully shares what she has learned about joy in the midst of chronic pain and suffering; and how no one can determine...
Sometimes life just hurts. Out of nowhere, death, illness, unemployment, or a difficult relationship can change our lives and challenge everything we thought we knew. But in the midst of all this pain and confusion, we are not alone. Weaving together his personal...
What’s the best way a gospel-preaching church can help its members who struggle with depression and anxiety? Pastor and author Paul Tripp sat down with David Powlison, TGC Council member and executive director of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation...
Tim Challies lost his 20yo son in 2020. As for all of us who have lost children the road of grief is hard and longer than we expected, and we always have an eye out for drinks of divine refreshment that helps us to make sense of loss and God's providence in our...
How can you get through the long days of grief? Will you ever find joy again? Nancy Guthrie talks about grief and gives us seven things to get us through to the other side of grief. This was delivered at the TGC Women's conference in 2016.Seven things to help you get...
In the second half of Psalm 118 we see the Christologic connections to Christ and redemptive plan of salvation emerge from the historic musical procession of the Israelites as they thank God for their deliverance. We learn that the crisis that threatened their...
The last of the Hallel psalms, Psalm 118 is an epic tale of a people who have learned to trust in the Lord in the face of great distress, and the strength that they were able to show knowing that the Lord is on their side, he is their “azar,” and he is their refuge....
Costi Hinn presents a short 2 minute video with 3 biblical truths about suffering. Costi is the nephew of Benny Hinn and grew up in the health, wealth, prosperity gospel, and was being groomed for leadership, until he was saved out of that heresy. Now, he has devoted...
There are 6 messages in this series on Psalm 22. This is a rich psalm filled with marvelous insight to encourage and comfort the suffering Christian. It provides some of the grandest truths in all of Scripture, Job-like in it's intensity and Revelation-like in it's...
Many of the psalms are birthed out of situations of suffering, pain, and disappointment. As life doesn’t unfold for us as we thought it would, our confusion over life’s realities shake our trust in the things we put our hope in. Our carefully laid out plans, the...
It's not often we find very strong, theological discussions about suffering and trials. Recently, Ligonier Ministries streamed a panel discussion about it. It featured Derek Thomas, Dr. Burk Parsons, and Chris Larson, CEO of Ligonier. While the discussion was largely...