TOPIC INDEXSuffering (31)

  1. Discipline and Freedom with Chad Bird

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    11/16/23
    6 mins
    By Katie Koplin Gretchen Ronnevik Chad Bird
    We have Old Testament scholar, Chad Bird, on to discuss with us the ways we twist the book of Proverbs into a prosperity gospel, especially in regard to our ideas of family.

  2. Psalm 93 Colin Heinrich sings "Your Throne Remains".

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    01/06/23
    1 min
    By Chad Bird
    Life can get so complicated, so full of mind numbing details and various pains that it's easy to wish we lived in a simpler time.

  3. Psalm 73 Anthony Diggs and Adrina Thorpe sing "Whom Have I In Heaven But You"

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    09/16/22
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    It can all seem so unfair. The wicked prosper and the ones who look to God seem to suffer the most.

  4. Psalm 31 Kris Winrich sings “Waiting for My Deliverance”

    book
    07/16/22
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Pain and suffering; it can feel like punishment from an angry God, and we try to figure out the cause, to our own frustration.

  5. Psalm 63 Colin Heinrich sings "I Will Wait"

    book
    07/09/22
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Waiting on God can seem like slow motion torture sometimes.

  6. For Those Who Feel Unseen

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    01/14/22
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Men and women are all caught in the universal machine of suffering that chews people up and spits them out. And in their respective griefs and fears, they are all wondering if God sees them, hears them, knows them.

  7. The Things We Carry to Church

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    12/06/20
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    "Come to me, all you who are weary of being you, and simply be mine."

  8. Psalm 129

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    10/28/20
    1 min
    By Chad Bird
    Using agricultural images, the Psalmist speaks of suffering and the persecutions that Israel endures.

  9. The God Who Bottles Our Tears

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    03/27/19
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    One of my jobs in high school was helping local ranchers work cattle. We’d vaccinate, cut off horns, castrate, mark their ears, and brand them.

  10. Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?

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    11/06/18
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We tell our children if they work hard and play by the rules, they’ll succeed in life. Jerks, cheaters, and thieves won’t. They’ll end up in the gutter. Or jail. Or worse.

  11. When God Disappoints

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    08/02/18
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In the tiny Bible-belt town where I grew up, tragedy brought people together.

  12. How Much Sleep Did You Lose Over the Syrian Children?

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    04/14/18
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    From the untouchable living on the streets of India to the millionaire in Manhattan; from the farmer in Germany to the escort in Vegas; from the missionary in Argentina to the bartender in Ireland—they are all in the love zone of the Lord. Every. Single. One.
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