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  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Why Does God Allow Suffering And Evil?

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 12, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 13,736 views

    The question why does God allow suffering and evil is one of the most significant questions of this or any other time.

    Why does God allow suffering and evil? Why are babies born blind? Why is a promising life snuffed out as it is on the rise? Why are there wars in which thousands of innocent people are killed, children are burned beyond recognition and many are maimed for life?. There may be times when you find ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Timothy Darling avatar

    What's Going On When God's People Suffer?

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Mar 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,985 views

    There are multiple spiritual dynamics to suffering that goes beneath the surface.

    What's going on when God's people suffer? Holy Week is about suffering. It is specifically about the suffering of Jesus, but I believe it like the season of Lent is also about our own mortality. It is a time to reflect on our moral place in life and on the humanity of what we endure, waiting for ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Pat Damiani avatar

    How Can A Good God Allow Suffering? Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Apr 16, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,416 views

    What the Bible teaches about God, evil and suffering and how we should respond to suffering based on those truths.

    ENGAGE If you could ask God one question and know that you would receive an answer, what would you ask?” Several years ago, Christian pollster George Barna posed that question in one of his surveys and the number one response by far was the question that we’re going to deal with this morning: How ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    Why Does God Let His People Suffer? Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 7, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,931 views

    God “redeems” suffering through faith in his goodness and control.

    Scripture Introduction A guy from New York rented a car after landing at the Dallas airport and set out across Texas to a meeting. Suddenly a truck pulling a horse trailer swerved and collided with him. He waited over a month before trying to collect damages from his insurance company. When he did ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    The Nature And Purpose Of Suffering Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 28, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,063 views

    How many times do you question whether God causes suffering as a judgment? There are really four causes for suffering. Find out how God uses them for good.

    Luke 13:1-5 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Cameron Smith avatar

    What About Suffering? Series

    Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,241 views

    Part 2 in a series about responding to tough questions. Part 1 examined other religions. This sermon responds to the question, How could God allow Suffering?

    What about Suffering? In 2005 some friends of mine were pregnant with their first child. They happened to be studying at college at the time, with the intention of going into Asia to preach the gospel after they had given birth. About 6 months into their pregnancy they found out that there were ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Consequences Of Suffering Series

    Contributed by John Walls on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,239 views

    Seeing further why Christians suffer

    WHY DO CHRISTIANS SUFFER? Message #2 CONSEQUENCES OF SUFFERING James 5:10-11 Introduction: Many times we suffer. Suffering is universal. Some Christians think that they are immune to suffering simply because they are saved. God allows suffering in the child of God’s life. We looked at the causes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Causes Of Suffering Series

    Contributed by John Walls on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,246 views

    Helping Christians during suffering

    WHY DO CHRISTIANS SUFFER? Message # 1 THE CAUSES OF SUFFERING Romans 8:18 Introduction: Over the years that I have been a pastor, I have been asked various questions. One question that I have never been asked is where did Cain get his wife. I have a good answer for that one. He got his wife ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Suffering

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 21, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,300 views

    Theology of Suffering

    The problem of pain, it has been called. There are some people who refuse to believe in Jesus, who refuse to believe in God because of the problem of pain, or maybe a better word is “suffering”. The thought goes, if there is God, and He is good, then how can there be suffering? How can a good God ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Called To Suffer

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 26, 2012
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     | 4,007 views

    A talk on how Christians should view the calling of suffering; looking, in patience, to Christ.

    Text: 1 Peter 2:18-25, Title: Called to Suffer, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/25/12, PM Opening illustration: As parents we are all called to a special time of suffering for the whole family called potty training. Therefore with a baby on the way, and much discouraging news from older parents of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Does God Allow The Innocent To Suffer Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Feb 13, 2016
     | 6,742 views

    How can a loving God allow innocent people to be hurt? This sermon uses 7 pillars of truth about God as the foundation to give 7 Reasons why God Allows Suffering.

    GOD’S NOT DEAD PART I Unbeliever’s Question: A God who allows horrible tragedies to happen to innocent people is not a god to worship. How can a loving God allow innocent people to be hurt so badly? Question 1 has been asked so frequently by non believers that I cannot imagine there ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Suffer Better

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,559 views

    Exposition of Suffering

    Text: Matt 26:69-75, Acts 2:14, 23, 36, 4:13-20, 5:27-32, Title: Suffer Better, Date/Place: NRBC, 11.18.12, AM A. Opening illustration: Young college student the other week telling me about his suffering at the hands of his father, abuse, neglect, etc. Then he said that he thanked God for it in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Vagner Souza avatar

    Why Does God Allow Suffering In Our Lives?

    Contributed by Vagner Souza on Oct 21, 2019
     | 2,299 views

    Have you ever wondered: Why does God allow suffering in our lives? When we talk about why God allows suffering in our lives and how we can cope and do it to overcome it. It is not common to address their origin and causes.

    Have you ever wondered: Why does God allow suffering in our lives? When we talk about why God allows suffering in our lives and how we can cope and do it to overcome it. It is not common to address their origin and causes. What I mean is where this suffering probably came from, which is its ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How Should We Respond To God's Long-Suffering

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,466 views

    How Should We Respond to God’s Long-Suffering(Rom. 2:4-6)

    How Should We Respond to God’s Long-Suffering (Rom. 2:4-6) Illustration:The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It was the runner who finished with his torch still lit. I want to run all the way with the flame of my torch ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    Rainbow Through The Rain

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,906 views

    God allows suffering in our lives to bring us closer to Him.

    Rainbow Through The Rain – I Peter 3: 18 - 22 Intro: In Scotland in the 1800s there lived a man of great promise and potential. He was engaged to be married and suddenly was discovered to have a degenerative eye disease which eventually left him blind. His fiancée refused to marry him and his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed