2 Corinthians, Bible study, Genesis, grace, Jesus, Job, John, Joseph, Mark, Paul, suffering
Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of my 2-part sermon on God’s sufficient grace. As promised, here is Part 2!
2 Corinthians, Bible study, Genesis, grace, Jesus, Job, John, Joseph, Mark, pain, Paul, suffering
I wrote a post back in 2013 that has been my most-read post to date. In it I set out to answer the question, “What, exactly, is God’s grace sufficient for?” Apparently, a lot of you have asked that question, because over 57,000 of you have taken to...
friendship, God, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Matthew, pain, Paul, prayer, Psalms, relationships, Romans, suffering, trials
This morning I read Romans 15, and I became fixated on one verse in particular. Verse 30 says, “I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.” Paul is wrapping up a long...
1 Peter, Bible, faith, grief, Jesus, pain, Peter, suffering, trials
Hi. My name is Kelly. I used to write here. Often. And I used to love it. And some of you enjoyed it, too. But in January, 2015, I started working on my master’s and all but totally stopped writing here. And I missed it. A lot. And some of you missed it,...
Bible, God, grief, Jesus, John, pain, Psalms, sin, suffering
At our Easter service the pastor said something to the effect of, “Darkness cannot eliminate darkness; only light can eliminate darkness.” Of course, the darkness is our sinfulness and/or pain we experience because we are fallen people in a fallen world, and the light...
1 Peter, Bible, evil, God, pain, Satan, spiritual warfare, suffering
Some days truth doesn’t come quite as easily as others… Feelings are loud, and lies even louder, as the suffering promised us dials up. Peter. He said it would be like this. “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a...
