Once upon a time a young child was stricken with cancer. The doctors tried everything to cure her cancer, but after suffering several years through multiple rounds of chemotherapy and numerous surgeries, the young child died. Many people hear that…
What is man that God magnifies us?
Think about what you don’t see in a picture of the earth. You don’t see any man-made objects. The largest man-made objects ever created are so tiny and insignificant compared to the earth, they don’t even show up on a picture of…
Is suffering caused by sin?
2,000 years ago, Jesus walked by a man who had been blind since birth and his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind? ”Think about the assumption behind that question.…
Why is life given to those who suffer?
4,000 years ago there was a man named Job who had a good life. He was wealthy and respected, and the pleasures of his life outweighed any suffering he had to endure. But then he lost everything, including his children…
How to comfort the afflicted
Do you ever feel inadequate because you don’t know what to say to someone who is hurting? Have you considered that maybe you don’t need words, that perhaps there is a different or better way to comfort the afflicted? There…
How to deal with health problems
Cancer: no one wants to hear that word out of their doctor’s mouth. Cancer is elusive, persistent, dangerous, and life threatening. But what if our doctor tell us we have cancer? Or what if we have some other health problem?…
What should we do when children die?
One of the most painful tasks of life is when parents have to bury their children, because the normal course of life is that parents are buried by their children. When parents have to bury their children, particularly if the…
How to live an exceptional life
In the 6th century BC, God said to Ezekiel: “Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine against it and cut…