Month: September 2026
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Suffering 2: Suffering Forms Endurance
Last week, we started with a question: What does God do with suffering when He does not remove it? We argued that one thing suffering can do is expose our illusion of control. Peaceful periods of our lives give us an illusion that our future is predictable. But suffering has a way of showing us…
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Suffering 1: Suffering Exposes the Illusion of Control
About a month ago, I visited Anonymous. As many of you know, she has been living with cancer for the past twenty-one years and is now receiving hospice care at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. We talked for quite some time. We shared parts of our lives and remembered some of the things…
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Who Touched Me?
Throughout His ministry, Jesus healed those who came across His path. Healing was not a side activity in His ministry; it was central to His mission. At the beginning of His public ministry, Jesus stood in the synagogue, unrolled the scroll of Isaiah, and read: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he…