TOPIC INDEXSuffering (10)

  1. We Don't Lose Heart

    book
    04/05/24
    20 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."

  2. Finding God in the Darkness with Brad Gray

    book
    03/08/24
    7 mins
    By Katie Koplin Bradley Gray Gretchen Ronnevik
    This week we are interviewing our friend, Pastor Brad Gray about his book He's one of the special Baptists who publish articles and books with 1517.

  3. Suffering and Doubt: An Excerpt from Finding God in the Darkness

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    07/18/23
    8 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    This is an excerpt from part two of “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).

  4. More Than You Can Handle

    book
    05/17/23
    28 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.

  5. Through Fire and Through Water

    book
    04/20/23
    23 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.

  6. A Pot of Oil, a Bowl of Soup, and the Tall Tales of God’s Sufferers

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    03/02/22
    41 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.

  7. Answering the Universal Inquiry of Humanity

    book
    06/03/21
    11 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    Everyone is living as a naked sufferer who’s been duped into believing that the nakedness of suffering has to be covered up.

  8. What to do When Life Goes to Pieces

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    02/22/21
    19 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    The Bible is a book for the desperate. That is its target audience. Recognizing our desperation readies us to hear the consolation that only God’s Word can offer.

  9. All of Divinity in the Limits of Humanity

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    06/24/20
    11 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    God is not an impassive monster who is unfamiliar with our horrendous ailments. Rather, in Christ, God familiarizes himself with our suffering and becomes particularly attuned to the fragility of fallen humanity.

  10. A Theology of Grief & Death

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    10/03/19
    19 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    It is true that no one ever grieves in the same way. We are all different in personality and chemical makeup. But what is the same, is that everyone, at some point, grieves.