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September 26, 2024

God Knows What Suffering He’s Called Each of Us to Endure

Sufferers commonly ask, “Why me? Why not someone else? Why haven’t my friends lost a...

August 2024

August 08, 2024

Letter to a Suffering Christian Tempted Towards Suicide

Following is a modified version of my letter to someone who was experiencing intense physical...

March 2024

March 14, 2024

Why Does Our World Still Contain So Much Evil and Suffering?

C. S. Lewis articulated the erroneous conclusion many people come to: “If God were good,...

August 2023

August 28, 2023

Tell Yourself These Biblical Truths about Suffering

In my book If God Is God, I write about how telling ourselves these truths that God...

April 2023

April 03, 2023

Why the Year After Her Cancer Diagnosis Was the Best Year of Nanci’s Life

Tuesday March 28 marked a year since my wife Nanci relocated to Heaven. She finished...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

God’s Word and the Universal Problem of Suffering

“What is the meaning of it, Watson?” said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the...

March 16, 2023

What Can Death Do to Us?

“To die will be an awfully big adventure,” says Peter Pan. But it will be...

February 2023

February 23, 2023

How Can We Trust God through Trials We Don’t Understand?

“In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

Suffering Is About Knowing Jesus Better

Readers of my blog know how much I love and admire Joni Eareckson Tada, who...

December 2022

December 22, 2022

Gratitude Coupled with Humble Service Multiples Happiness

Dennis Prager writes, “We tend to think that it is being unhappy that leads people...

June 2022

June 20, 2022

He Will Turn Our Grief into Joy

God doesn’t only promise to replace our grief with joy, but to turn it into joy. Jesus said, “I...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Sorrow’s End

Contemplating the final end of sorrow has brought me great comfort in these first months...

May 26, 2022

Honest Faith Can Cry out to God

As I shared recently with a friend, it’s a new world I’m living in without...

May 16, 2022

Conflict with a Purpose

It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own...

May 05, 2022

Grasping the Truth of Romans 8:28 Will Change Our Perspective on Suffering

One of the most arresting statements in Scripture is this one: “And we know that...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Is Our Suffering Pointless?

Perhaps the greatest test of whether we believe Romans 8:28—“In all things God works for the...

April 07, 2022

The Weakness of Suffering Is a Workroom for God’s Grace

We come into this world needy, and we leave it the same way. Without suffering...

April 04, 2022

Finding Happiness Even in Hard Times: My Interview with Brain Surgeon Dr. Lee Warren

A few weeks ago I had a delightful conversation with Dr. Lee Warren for his podcast about my...

March 2022

March 28, 2022

Honest Faith

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the...

February 2022

February 03, 2022

Whose Purpose in Your Suffering Will Prevail?

If we recognize God’s sovereignty even over Satan’s work, it changes our perspective about our...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

A Journey of Generosity

Behind every ministry there are countless faithful givers who say no to certain earthly treasures...

December 28, 2021

Jesus, the God Who Became One of Us and Understands Our Suffering

These last two years have been difficult ones for so many people. But one look...

October 2021

October 04, 2021

Clinging to Scripture Sustains Us Through Suffering

In times of crisis we try to make sense of life. We crave perspective for...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

A Flood Swept Away His Wife and Children: The Story of Robert Rogers

In writing my book If God Is Good, I interviewed dozens of believers who have experienced...

August 2021

August 16, 2021

In Our Trials, God Is Driving Us Toward His Goodness

I love these thoughts from Abigail Dodds, the author of (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called...

June 2021

June 14, 2021

Christ Sides with You Against Your Sin, Not Against You Because of Your Sin

When I really love a book, I tend to either read it quickly or slowly....

May 2021

May 31, 2021

A Grieving Mom on the Biblical Teaching about Heaven: “I Grabbed It as Though It Were a Life Preserver

Not long ago a reader shared a profound comment in reply to a post on my...

February 2021

February 04, 2021

Jesus Turns Our Crosses into Crowns: An Update from Joni Eareckson Tada after Fighting COVID

My wife Nanci and I love Joni Eareckson Tada. With her warm-hearted exaltation of God’s...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

Contemplate the Goodness of God in Becoming One of Us

I’ve been reflecting on Hebrews 2 and 4 lately, and what they tell us about the...

August 2020

August 20, 2020

Phan Thi Kim Phuc’s Story: The Beauty of Forgiveness, and a Powerful Example of Romans 8:28

One of the best-known photographs from the Vietnam War is a Pulitzer Prize–winning picture of...

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