Tag Archives: Jesus

Suffering as a Christian — Part 3

The final part of a three part series look­ing how Chris­tians are called to suf­fer on behalf of Jesus Christ. The final part to this series con­sid­ers what daily cross-carrying can mean. In con­clu­sion it exam­ines the impor­tant rea­sons we are called to suf­fer as Christians.

Review — The Coldest Hour (Is Just Before The Dawn) by Akai

A look at the The Cold­est Hour Is Before the Dawn by Akai. It is a dis­ser­ta­tion eval­u­at­ing the music album an artis­tic, reli­gious state­ment of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses. It exam­ines the views of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses toward the world around them as well as their own hopes and fears. Com­par­i­son are drawn between this view­point and what is offered by Jesus.

Suffering as a Christian — Part 2

The sec­ond part of a series on Chris­t­ian suf­fer­ing chal­lenges the reader to exam­ine their will­ing­ness to drink the cup of Christ, bear­ing wit­ness through open revile­ment, slan­der, per­se­cu­tion, even death.

Suffering as a Christian — Part 1

Gen­eral suf­fer­ing is a part of the human expe­ri­ence and some­thing we all have to deal with, includ­ing New Cre­ations in Christ. As Chris­tians we are not promised a trouble-free life. Even more, Jesus says that fol­low­ing him will invite addi­tional tribu­la­tion above and beyond that expe­ri­enced of the world. As he puts