Tag Archives: Suffering

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.

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

In the Face of False Accusation

It’s bound to hap­pen. Some­one, some­day is going to falsely accuse you of some­thing. No doubt it has already hap­pened; prob­a­bly more than once. One of the chal­lenges that Chris­tians face is how to react in such a cir­cum­stance; when we are being ver­bally attacked, accused, or just straight up put-down. The nat­ural reac­tion is