Thomas Watson on Affliction
This is from Thomas Watson’s book The Lord’s Prayer. I’ve been finding that books like this are just as good for dealing with suffering as books on suffering (which many posts on this blog are about)....
View ArticleGod Afflicts Those He Loves
Just a few: It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws. The teachings that come from your mouth are worth more to me than thousands in gold or silver. Psalm 119:71-72 GW The LORD...
View ArticleChrist Feels Our Suffering
How can it be compatible with Christ’s glory now in heaven, to have a fellow feeling with our sufferings? This fellow feeling in Christ arises not from an infirmity or passion—but from the mystic union...
View ArticleSpurgeon on Depression
I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God’s people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. –C.H. Spurgeon I don’t mean...
View ArticleAround the Web: Suffering
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: A New Teaching Series from R.C. Sproul Jr. | Ligonier Ministries Blog – Watch the first lesson for free Let’s Talk About Mental Illness by Stephen Altrogge – Not...
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Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller
This new book by Timothy Keller looks like it may be very good. Find all kinds of resources on it at Westminster Bookstore. Amazon has it in hardcover and Kindle formats. By the way, Westminster Books...
View ArticleComfort for Suffering Saints by Jerome Zanchius
This is on the web in a few different places. You can read it and download it as a PDF file at box. This blog has the advantage of the roll-overable Scripture references, which were expanded, hopefully...
View ArticleNot Everyone Recovers From Suffering
Sometimes there is no visible silver lining, no redeeming value in sight. Sometimes those who endure difficulty feel that nothing is left but an empty shell. Some people never recover physically,...
View ArticleHow To Give Bad Advice To Suffering People
I wish that everyone that gives unsolicited advice to those who are suffering, especially chronically, would be required to first read Job and at least a short exposition of it. That would remove so...
View ArticleResources for Suffering Here
I want to remind people of a blog I used to write called Suffering Christians, which you can see under Associate Blogs in the right column. Very uplifting title, huh? I kept the categories few and well...
View ArticleThe Olympics – Rambling
Rambling isn’t an Olympic sport. It’s just what I’m doing right now. I’ve always loved watching the Olympics. It’s like the Super Bowl for two weeks. Things are different now. I know this may sound...
View ArticleAfflictions Under the Father’s Hand
Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father’s hand. There is no time that the patient is such an object of tender interest to the surgeon, as when he is bleeding...
View ArticleBreaking News: Depression Doesn’t Always Have a Cause
Tangled Up in Blue: Depression and the Christian Life – Reformation21 Actually, this is very, very old news. If you’d rather not read the whole article, here is a quote from it on something that I’d...
View ArticleDon’t let mental sickness affect judgement of spiritual maturity
The state of godliness is not to be judged of by the fears and sorrows in which it usually begins. A man’s life is not like his infancy at his birth. The fears and penitent sorrows, which foolishly...
View ArticleHasty Review: The Crook in the Lot
The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston I hesitate to put this review here. I posted in on Goodreads for myself as much as for others. It’s a hastily written review. I don’t want to spend any more time...
View ArticleJob’s Friends
This is one of the best explanations I’ve read about Job’s so-called friends. I wish that anyone who gives ‘advice’ to those who are suffering would read Job along with an exposition of it. I think...
View ArticleCalvin on God’s Providence
I’m reading Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion again, but this time it’s Robert White’s translation from the first French edition of 1541. If you’re reading the Battles edition, it may be in...
View ArticleAround the Web – Mental Health Edition Pt. 2 of 2
Part 1 was related to depression. These are related to anxiety. 3 Ways Technology Makes Us Anxious Some Things You Should Know About Christians Who Struggle With Anxiety – Tim Challies – If you only...
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Around the Web – Mental Health Edition Pt. 1
This is part one of two. The next one will deal with anxiety. Can Depression Be Cured? Latest Research | HeadHeartHand Blog – There is good, but also disturbing news here. Depression is a...
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Quotes from Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller is one of the best books I’ve read on the subject. Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism,...
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