Posts tagged “Tragedy”
The Lord reigns
“The floods have lifted up, O Lord” (Psalm 93:3 ESV). Water is a force. If you have stood by an ocean or one of…
Prove the devil wrong
Satan’s annual resolution is to erase the love out of our relationship with God. He is more than okay with us believing that God…
Recognize how God reaches you
One of history’s more jarring moments happened around a.d. 70 when Roman soldiers surrounded the city of Jerusalem, starved the Jewish rebels inside, and…
Soul reform
In the wake of each tragic school shooting, our country debates whether to have restrictions on the ownership of assault weapons. Second Amendment legalists…
Get rid of anger
Have you heard of the church brawl that left 40 people dead? In 1846, two different Christian denominations wanted to hold their Easter service…
Comfort in the darkness
Some parents experience the darkness of losing a child at a young age. How do they move on? As one who lost a sister…
Imperfect vision
On June 26, 2021, in Surfside, FL, a condominium high-rise crumbled to the ground, killing 97 people. A few days later, a father and…
The gap between you and God
In Job 38 we reach the moment we have been waiting for. In Job 1-2, God mysteriously allowed Satan to take away Job’s wealth,…
We don’t know why; we do know who
When I was growing up in church, every Easter service was guaranteed to have a rousing rendition of “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.”…
God is bad
“Why, God?” That is the most natural and the most dangerous question to ask when you are suffering. When your dad dies while you’re…
Always have hope
I once knew a child who would put her hands over her eyes if she did not want someone in the room with her….
A prayer for mercy
“O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have left the…