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suffering
Articles for Pastors
Are We Missing the Point of Suffering?
Rather than asking, “Why would a good God permit suffering?” Let’s reframe our thoughts on the point of suffering to say, “How loving of God to allow me to suffer, and therefore know Him and prepare me for the weight of glory” instead.
Youth Leaders
The Unimaginable Suffering of Jesus
For many, the story of Jesus’s crucifixion has become so familiar that it’s easy to brush over the suffering he actually endured on the cross when he died in our place for our sins.
Articles for Pastors
God Experienced the Cross Three-fold: A Good Friday Meditation
A Good Friday Meditation: God, the Holy Trinity, suffered three-fold. Each suffering was unique. Each suffering was a kind of death. Each suffering paid the price to liberate a cap
Pastors
God’s Word and the Universal Problem of Suffering
What is more universal to human experience than suffering? And what is more important than the perspective we bring to it?
Mental Health
Scott Sauls: Facing Regret and Hurt in Ministry
In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Scott Sauls, pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Together, Scott and Jason look at our tendency to emphasize the positive while minimizing the pain and suffering in our own lives and ministry.
Christian News
After Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Philip Yancey Aims To Be Faithful, Grateful
In a Feb. 20 blog post, prolific Christian author Philip Yancey reveals he was diagnosed last month with Parkinson’s disease. The degenerative neurological condition hampers muscle-brain connections, and the severity of symptoms varies widely.
Christian News
Tim Tebow Shares His Greatest Passion in Life Has Been Sports, Not Jesus
On January 5, Tim Tebow stood before a crowded State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, for Passion 2023 and challenged those present to make the cause of Christ their greatest passion in life.
Pastors
Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Four Years
In March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54 years I’ve known her, Nanci loved Jesus. But from a front-row seat, I watched a supernatural change in those last four years.