Suffering
A Good God in a Dark World
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpGTazwaEo] If God is loving and good, then why did my mom die of cancer? Perhaps you or someone you know is going through tremendous suffering -- poverty, unemployment, or a sudden death in the family. Suffering comes in varied forms, but every single person in the world has endured it. How do you reconcile...
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The Winter of My... What does winter say to your heart? “I prefer winter and fall,...
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The Existence of Evil
If a good God exists, then why is there an appalling...
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Aftermath
Jesus said, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Jesus wasn't kidding when He said we would have trouble in this world. Sometimes things go wrong, whether or not it was our fault or within our control. Suffering and...
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Everybody's a Fighter - Vitor Belfort
Everybody's a fighter. At any given point, someone is being suited for armor, fighting a battle or putting out a fire. Our wars are different, but our battles are largely the same -- especially when it comes to our relationship with God. We even make similar plea bargains: "God, if you give me this, I'll give you that". As Christians we know that...
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Dream Big
As a kid, how many times were you asked what you wanted to be when you grew up? Children are known for having a wild imagination. Parents giggle as their children announce that one day they would like to be an astronaut who teaches ballet at the moon and the next day they want to be a scientist investigating what cooties are made out of. As a parent,...
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If someone asked you what your biggest dream was what would you say? As a high school student the answer was easy for me—to play college basketball. Even though I was short and white, I was determined to play hoops at the next level. Since I grew up in a small town in the mountains of southern California, it was difficult to find a good pick-up...
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Scott Hamilton - A Grateful Heart
Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done. On earth, as it is in Heaven. When His followers asked Him about prayer, Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for the Father's Will to be done. If the Father's Will were to be a picture-perfect life free of hardship and pain, praying for His will is as easy as saying, 'Amen'. But, what if His Will turns out...
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What I hoped to be an average night at work, turned out to be one of the most traumatic of my life. I work as a Registered Nurse on the Ob-Gyn floor at a local hospital. One of my patients was a young married woman in her mid to late twenties. The couple had been trying for several years to conceive and the wife was now eighteen weeks along with...
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“Police believe they found remains of 10-year-old girl.” “Game warden killed after traffic stop.” “Armed men burn down girls school.” Are you depressed yet? These headlines appeared recently on cnn.com. If we look again tomorrow, we will find several others just as depressing. Headlines like these keep some people from believing...
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