Tag Archives: Sanctification / New Life in Christ

A Clear Context for Suffering

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Jeff Block

We avoid pain because… We have cultivated unhealthy perspectives God commonly uses pain and suffering in people’s lives to get their attention and to grow  them up into spiritual maturity. Nonetheless, most people work very hard to avoid pain. Why is … Continue reading →

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The day Penitens died

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Jeff Block

Penitens was a busy, notable tradesman, and very prosperous in his dealings, but died in the thirty-fifth year of his age. A little before his death, when the doctors had given him over, some of his neighbors came one evening to see him, … Continue reading →

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God’s House of Pain

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jeff Block

God causes suffering in order to perfect us God’s goals for His people are exceptionally lofty. He is not satisfied to leave mankind in its fallen state, or to leave the rest of the cosmos broken by sin, for that matter. Instead, He … Continue reading →

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God’s Megaphone

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Jeff Block

God causes suffering in our lives in order to warn us about sin CS Lewis writes in The Problem of Pain, The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self will as long as all seems to be well with it. … Continue reading →

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God’s Goodness vs Refining Fire

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Jeff Block

How can a “good” God directly cause suffering? (Question 5 of 8 in the Goodness of God series) The world is full of pain and suffering, but not all pain and suffering is the same. We’ve already talked about the fact that some of the … Continue reading →

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To hear Your voice and live

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Jeff Block

Today I choose to follow You Today I choose to give my ‘yes’ to You Today I choose to hear Your voice and live Today I choose to follow You As for me and my house We will serve You … Continue reading →

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