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Suffering Is Necessary (Romans 8:17-18)

February 19, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - co-heir, reigning with Christ, Romans, Suffering

The last two regional conferences went through Romans 5-8. Each time I felt my understanding of Romans improved. I still haven’t arrived, but I’m inching closer (I hope). One of the insights that came out concerns suffering. No one likes suffering. Some traditions say that suffering is avoidable. Teachers promise that you can live a life of

In the Midst of Trials

December 31, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Corinthians 5:9-10, Cancer, Grief, Suffering, Surgery

My wife of 42 years, Sharon Dallas Wilkin, went in on Dec 19 to have a large ovarian cyst removed. All the tests indicated that it was benign. Here is a short catalog of some of the trials since then. We had to wait four extra hours (6 total) before the surgery started. The three-hour surgery took

The Captain of Our Salvation

November 10, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Captain of our Salvation, Perseverance, Suffering

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Hebrews My Christian friend, we are saved freely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. But the road to glory and dominion over the creation is a tough road. We often encounter on that road, trouble, hardship, frustration, and suffering. But,

For the Sake of His Name

September 12, 2016 by Bill Fiess in Blog - Christianity, Suffering, theology

originally published in the July/August 2015 edition of Grace in Focus The expression “for My [or His] name’s sake” occurs eleven times in the New Testament, in all four Gospels (seven times), Acts (once), John’s first and third epistles (once each), and Revelation (once).1 It is not found at all in the epistles of Paul,