Month: October 2026

Over the past four weeks, we have been exploring what suffering can do to our faith. We began with Acts 12, where James was killed while Peter was miraculously rescued. We asked why two faithful disciples experienced such different outcomes and whether prayer gives us control over what happens. We concluded that suffering exposes the…

For the past few weeks, we have been exploring what suffering can do to our faith. Every one of us will experience suffering at some point in life. God is not the author of suffering, but we cannot assume that He will always rescue us from it. So when suffering comes, especially when deliverance does…

Last week we talked about suffering and endurance. Joseph was given a dream of exaltation, and then his life turned upside down. He was not immediately rescued from betrayal, slavery, false accusation, or prison. He had to keep living faithfully while the outcome remained uncertain. We argued that although God did not intend Joseph’s suffering,…