Joni Eareckson Tada Longs for Her New Body

In her book, A Place of Healing, author Joni Eareckson Tada reflects on "normal": "Relief from chronic pain—even though I remain ...

'Epistle to Diognetus' Describes the Lifestyle of Early Christians

An early Christian document known as the Epistle to Diognetus (c. A.D. 120-200) is believed to have been written by a man named Athenagoras. In one important ...

God Uses Suffering to Sandblast Us into His Image

In her book A Place of Healing, Joni Eareckson Tada reflects on how we tend to worry that the cares, troubles, and afflictions of life will wear us down, ...

Jesus Suffers with Us in Our Pain

Joe Cumming, a fellow of the Faith and Culture Center at Yale, has a special interest in respectful Christian witness to Muslims, among whom he lived ...

The Benefits of "Living Under the Pain"

In his book When Life Is Hard, pastor and author James MacDonald shares a valuable lesson he learned during his days as a basketball player. He writes: ...

Finding True Joy in Christ

Pastor Tim Keller used the following example to show how to find ultimate joy and satisfaction in Christ:

Do you remember when your mother used to say, ...

Trials Are Like Bounced Checks

In his book When Life Is Hard, pastor James MacDonald defines a trial as a painful circumstance allowed by God to change one's conduct and character. ...

Suffering from Cancer, Woman Trusts God's Goodness

In his book If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil, author Randy Alcorn recalls when his friend, writer Ethel Herr, had a double mastectomy. ...

Celebrating God's Providence Amidst a Devastating Diagnosis

In his book The Many Faces of Evil, author John Feinberg tells the story of when his wife, Pat, was diagnosed with Huntington's Chorea—a genetically-transmitted ...

Actor Tim Allen on Grief

I have no idea what grief should be. You get by grief, you don't get over it.

—Tim Allen, U.S. comedian and actor