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Illustrations about suffering
“Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear.”
Suffering
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Blaise Pascal on Beliefs
“I believe those witnesses who get their throats cut.”
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“God whispers to us in our pleasures…but shouts in our pains, it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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The World’s Most Encouraging Bathroom
Suffering is an inescapable part of life that everyone faces. That’s what makes encouragement and hope so important. The question then becomes, “Can hurting people find life-changing hope at your …
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“Explanations are ultimately a substitute for trust.” Topics Illustrated Include: Explanation God’s Plan God’s Will Quotes Suffering Trust Trusting God (Resource cataloged by David R Smith)
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Thank God? For What?
It makes sense when praise music is written inside the confines of bejeweled cathedrals or by the hands of those on a spiritual mountaintop. But the world-famous hymn of gratitude …
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A Life-Changing Game of Kickball
It was a normal game of kickball, by a normal group of kids, on a normal 4th of July. Even when the ball struck 9-year-old Jacob Holdaway in the head …
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Interrogating Anne
Anne Askew didn’t raise a family. She never made large sums of money. She couldn’t even claim a solid reputation as her own. Instead, she was burned at the stake …
