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Suffering and God's purposes

A collection of 5 posts

suffering

Persevering to the Point of Bloodshed

March 16, 2022

How do we respond when we believe "we can't take it any more", or "enough is enough"? How do we find comfort in the sufferings of Christ, who "resisted to the point of bloodshed"?

Keith Evans Keith Evans
Providence

God Means it for Good

January 15, 2021

We may not always see God’s purpose as clearly as Joseph did, with or without hindsight, but his example helps us believe that whether we can see it or not, God is in control and is working out his perfect plan.

Warren Peel Warren Peel
suffering

The Uniqueness of Christian Suffering

October 08, 2020

We often hear that Christians do not suffer any more than non-Christians—that suffering is no respecter of persons. But if we think about this notion a bit more critically, we can easily see that there are additional sufferings afforded to the believer.

Keith Evans Keith Evans
suffering

Never let a "good" affliction go to waste!

March 29, 2019

In 2006, John Piper wrote a helpful piece entitled "Don't Waste Your Cancer". The same spiritual truths undergirding his point ought to be applied to every affliction believers face. If we fail to pursue and receive spiritual good in our trials, we waste our affliction.

Keith Evans Keith Evans
2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians and the Grand Purposes of God

July 13, 2012

I’ve been chewing on 2 Corinthians lately, not in the slow methodical way where each sentence is carefully weighed in the balances of exegesis, but at a normal pace, like how a

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