Tag: Suffering
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HOPE AFTER CHURCH TRAUMA
Hope After Church Trauma An autobiographical reflection on the reality of church trauma, the joyful yet difficult path of finding belonging again, and God’s sustaining good purposes in and through it all.
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ENEMY LOVE?
How are Christians to relate to an increasingly hostile and alien culture? Do we respond in kind, fighting for the values we hold dear, or does Christ call us to a better, more productive way?
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Job 1:21-22
BibleART – Take comfort, Our God is sovereign in the valley of sorrow and suffering! “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.” Job 1:21f, NASB 1995
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Genesis 50:20
BibleART As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. Genesis 50:20, NASB 1995
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Habakkuk 3:17-18
BibleART “Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines… Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” Habakkuk 3:17-18, NASB 1995
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WILD BLUE YONDER
Wild Blue Yonder – Ode to the One Who Controls the Winds. Photos from the 50th Annual Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race and Festival and musings on God’s sovereignty over the struggles of the natural world.
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NEVER QUITE HOME
What do we make of difficulties and disagreements in this life? Are they merely a reminder of the futility of our world, or in God’s hands, is there a greater, more glorious purpose?
The Two Books 