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  • Suffering For The Right Reasons

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
     | 2,904 views

    SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication. Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand ...read more

  • Joy And Prayer In Suffering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,808 views

    JOY AND PRAYER IN SUFFERING The fact that God chooses to love the unworthy should move us to loud praise frequently. Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote that in the mid-1950’s her father, British minister W.E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he ...read more

  • He Suffered For Us  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,924 views

    Quote: A.W. Pink: "He suffered hell for us so that we can enjoy heaven with Him. He entered the awful Darkness, that I might walk in the Light; He drank the cup of woe that I might ...read more

  • The Fellowship Of His Suffering

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,102 views

    THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERING "Paul Marshall of the Hudson Institute estimates that at least 600 million -- and maybe closer to 700 million -- Christians world-wide are experiencing some level of persecution. That means roughly one in every three people who profess the name of Christ is ...read more

  • Quotes On Suffering For Christ

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
     | 1,759 views

    There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering. - D. A. Carson Do not kick against suffering, for in so doing you may be fighting against God. - Spurgeon Life without struggle and difficulty is thin and tasteless. How can a noble life be ...read more

  • Three Types Of Suffering

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 25, 2025
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    “Wesley adopted a traditional Christian distinction between types of suffering: natural, moral, and penal. People suffer because of disease and natural disaster; people suffer because other people harm them; and people suffer because they are punished for wrongdoing. (Natural Suffering) Wesley ...read more

  • Not Why, But What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 2,362 views

    NOT WHY, BUT WHAT Technically speaking, David Ring was born dead. Quick acting medical personnel were able to get him breathing, but oxygen deprivation left him with cerebral palsy. He suffered from a speech impediment, hands that don’t cooperate, and a limp. As if that wasn’t enough adversity for ...read more

  • Why Circumcision? Why Not A Tattoo On The Arm Or ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
     | 2,606 views

    WHY CIRCUMCISION? Why not a tattoo on the arm or something similar? Circumcision was a hidden sign. It seems to me it has something to do with the promise of Abraham having many descendants, being fruitful and multiplying. The sign reaffirms God's promise right at the very place where the sexual ...read more

  • Suffering & The Riches Of His Glory

    Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 3, 2016
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     | 4,276 views

    What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,  even us whom He called, not ...read more

  • Dave Dravecky On The Impact Of Suffering On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 4,769 views

    Dave Dravecky on the Impact of Suffering on Faith Again, it’s a reminder that following Christ is risky and that suffering will come. Jesus makes it very clear: there is no avoiding the cross. Peter couldn’t avoid it, and neither can we. Dave Dravecky was a professional baseball pitcher who lost ...read more

  • Why Worship?  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,001 views

    WHY WORSHIP? We need to let go of our intellectual idea of worship and realize there is more to worship than a sermon; we have to let go of our evangelistic notion of worship and reckon with the fact that worship is not primarily directed toward the sinners who need to be converted; we must let ...read more

  • Why Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,535 views

    WHY FORGIVE? Two decades ago (1981) there was an attempt on the life of Pope John Paul. Fortunately, the Pope lived. After he recovered, he shocked the world when he made a visit to Rome’s Rabbibia Prison to see the man who had attempted to assassinate him on Christmas day. Millions watched on ...read more

  • Why Me?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 27, 2005
     | 1,780 views

    From the 9-20-05 Daily Bread A few years ago, an unkempt, poorly adjusted youth named Tim… was converted to Christ in an evangelistic crusade. Several days later…he was sent to my home so that I could help him find a good church. And so it was that he began attending with me. Though Tim needed ...read more

  • Asking Why

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,091 views

    ASKING WHY In his Good Friday sermon for 2005, Dr. Richard Lischer asked these questions: -"Have you ever been tempted? So was (Jesus). Thus your temptations have been redeemed in His. -Have you ever been hated? So was He. You have a place in Him. -Have you ever been lonely, afraid, without a ...read more

  • Why Blood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,984 views

    WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

  • Why Not Me?

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,069 views

    WHY NOT ME? I watched a TV show called, "What Would You Do?" They put actors into everyday situations with hidden cameras to see heat the people around will do. Last week they sent an actor into a grocery store. The actor asks to cut in line. When he gets up to the check out, lights and music ...read more

  • Why Fruit?  PRO

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,796 views

    WHY FRUIT? Why are these character traits called fruit of the spirit? Why not other food groups: like meat of the spirit or bread of the spirit or dairy of the spirit? There are four reasons why it’s called fruit of the spirit: because fruit is healthy, sweet, living and whole. Fruit is healthy ...read more

  • Why The Dead ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
     | 2,367 views

    “Why the Dead Sea?” We have heard of dead people, dead beasts, dead trees and dead flowers, but is there such a thing as a dead sea? There is and they call it dead because it receives all and gives nothing. This body of water – the most remarkable in the world – is at the southern end of the ...read more

  • Not "Why?" But "What?"

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
     | 2,133 views

    NOT "WHY?" BUT "WHAT?" I remember a particular counseling session years ago where three of us were trying to encourage a change of personality and a change of behavior in a spouse. Dr. Jay Adams, in his book on direct, biblical counseling, said the purpose is not to find out why a person sinned, ...read more

  • Why So ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 3,632 views

    “Why so Cheerful?” On a train to Liverpool a Christian worker found himself in a crowded compartment seated near two soldiers, one a private, and the other a sergeant in his middle thirties. The private was a young lad, ruddy and open of countenance. The Christian worker’s heart went out to the ...read more