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Category Archives: Suffering
The Testing of Israel
Some have wondered – why God did not better supply the children of Israel as they journeyed towards the promised land. At times, they went without adequate water (Exodus 17:3; Numbers 20:2). At times, they hungered (Exodus 16:3; Deuteronomy 8:3). Now, it … Continue reading
A Monument to the Boll Weevil?
Located in the small town of Enterprise, Alabama, a town about 30 miles north of the Florida state line, stands the world’s only monument in honor of an insect – the Boll Weevil. The Boll Weevil is a small beetle, … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, History, Suffering
Tagged 1892, 1915, 1919, 1978, adapt, beetle, bollweevil, central america, cotton, dont give up, enterprise alabama, farming, fire ants, history, mecico, mexico, monument to a pest, monument to an insect, peanuts, rio grande valley, rio grande valley texas, south america, texas
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Pray/Sing/Call
“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray” (James 5:13a). The term suffer could literally be rendered “to suffer evil.” “It is . . . sufficiently comprehensive to embrace every type of affliction, whether of outward bodily character or of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Elders and Deacons, Prayer, Singing, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged a.t. robertson, anoint with oil, call for elders, care for sick, cheerfuk, clay and water, elders, galen, gobel music, guy woods, home remedy, j.j. turner, James 5, marion fox, medicine, miracles, miraculous healing, philo, pliny, pray, refresh, rubel shelly, sick, sing, spit, suffering
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Comfort in Suffering
God created this world with certain physical properties. God also allows man to have freedom in how he uses this world with its physical properties. Therefore, it is possible for pain and suffering to exist. Illustration – “sticks and stones … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, Hope, Man, Suffering
Tagged comfort, encouraging passages, goals, helping others, helping self, hope, job's friends, man born blind, prayer listening, suffering
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Ethics: Life (Part 2)
Definition: Euthanasia is of Greek origin (eu = good, thanatos = death). Euthanasia is some times called “mercy killing.” Euthanasia has the following component parts: (1) one is terminating another’s life (with or without the consent of the one being … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Euthanasia, History, Stats, stewardship, Suffering, Technology
Tagged bill bennett, Euthanasia, health care, health care cost, hellen heller, I.Q., job, josephus, life, stats, stephen dubner, steven levitt, super freakonomics, tom dempsey, william cullen bryant poem so live
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Ethics: Life (Part 1)
Definition: Suicide is of Latin origin (sui = of oneself, cidium = a slaying). The word is used of killing oneself, self- murder. It is nothing new. The Bible mentions several who contemplated, attempted, or accomplished suicide [(1) Saul (1 Samuel … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Stats, stewardship, Suffering, suicide
Tagged job, life, mentally ill, stewardship, suicide
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The Seven Signs: Sight to the Blind (John 9)
Miraculous signs confirmed the New Testament message. Jesus worked miracles. Jimmy Jividen lists 35 specific miracles performed by Jesus, not counting the miracles connected with the cross, resurrection, and ascension (Jimmy Jividen, Miracles from God or Man, p. 17-18). These could … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Miracles, Seven signs, Signs, Sin, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged John 9, karma, miracles, pride, sight to blind, signs, sin, suffering
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Why?
An elderly couple returning from visiting family are killed in a car crash. A young family is killed when a tornado rips through their house. A young mother is swept away by a tsunami. A young father is killed in … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Endurance, Suffering
Tagged alcohol, amnon, arrogance, brevity of life, car crashes, child abuse, dog attack, drugs, effects of flood, effects of past generations, Endurance, fire, food, gravity, humble, hurricane, Jesus, job, kerry duke, murder, natural disaster, noah's flood, opportunity to repent, pray, pride, promiscuity, reasons for suffering, s.t.d., satan's attacks, self inflicted woes, smoking, spousal abuse, stephen, sticks and stones, suffering, tamar, toby keith, tornado, tsunami, uncertainty of life, value of pain, volitional balance, water, why
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Jesus: His Humanity
Some people have a difficult time relating to Jesus, because somewhere they have gotten the idea that He was specially protected, and shielded from the difficulties of life as we experience it. Nothing could be further from the truth of … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Miracles, Suffering, Temptation
Tagged born of woman, carpenter, church at Corinth, churches of galatia, David, dont feel sorrow for self, excruciating, homer hailey, hunger and thirst, hungry, increased in wisdom stature favor, Jesus emptied self, Jesus series, Jesus' humanity, jonah, josephus, judas, manger, miraclulous abilities and sin, miricles by holy spirit, moses, nazareth, no form of comliness, no halo, no special beauty, pain, peter, physical limitations, prophet of 1 Kings 13, samson, sleep, Solomon, sorrow and grief, talmud, tasted death, tempted, thirsty, tired, weary
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