Suffering Archives - REFORMED MARGINS

Current Events Theology & Scripture

Not But, So

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Faith Chang 1 Comment gospels, hope, John, Suffering, trial

Jesus didn’t linger because he didn’t care. He loved them, so he stayed, and his friend died. Not but, so.

Current Events

There Is No Silver Lining to COVID-19

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Faith Chang 1 Comment Good Friday, gospel, lament, Suffering

There is no silver lining here. But the Church remembers Good Friday tomorrow, and I’m hopeful that’s where I’ll be given what I need.

Spiritual Growth

Those Common, Hard Things

November 14, 2019November 13, 2019 Faith Chang 1 Comment family, gospels, grace, Jesus, motherhood, sadness, Suffering, Trials

Last year, I was telling a friend how tired and unmotivated I felt. I wouldn’t have minded the fatigue if

Theology & Scripture

A Prayer This Christmas

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Reformed Margins 0 Comments Christmas, prayer, Suffering

Oh Lord, even in this Christmas season two millennia later we need you. Hear us as we pray.

Theology & Scripture

Year 501 and Beyond

October 31, 2018 Marcos Ortega 2 Comments godliness, gospel, Holiness, humility, praxis, Protestant reformation, Reformation, Suffering, unity

Today marks year 501 of the Protestant Reformation. We explore three ways the Church can continue her Reformation work into the next 500 years.

Theology & Scripture

Job, Spurgeon, and Hope

May 31, 2018August 30, 2018 Grace 8 Comments depression, hope, job, national mental health awareness month, Suffering

As National Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, many will continue the hidden battle with depression and anxiety. In honor of that struggle, Reformed Margins is holding our first giveaway.

Apologetics Theology & Scripture

A Theodicy-Oriented Salvation

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 Joe Kim 0 Comments Brothers Karamazov, christus victor, Dostoyevsky, pain, Penal Substitutionary Atonement, sin, Suffering, Theodicy

Given a good and loving God, it ought not be possible that tragedies happen…and yet they do. What’s more is that these things happen with alarming frequency and regularity, each time mounting a stronger and stronger argument that God does not exist, or perhaps worse, doesn’t care.

Personal Testimonies Spiritual Growth Theology & Scripture

Too Wise to Err, Too Good to be Unkind

March 3, 2017April 13, 2017 Faith Chang 0 Comments children, faithfulness, God's character, hope, miscarriage, pregnancy, reformed theology, Suffering

There is deep comfort to be found in the truth of God’s kindness and wisdom. Pregnancy, miscarriage, new birth, and Spurgeon– here’s a recent chapter from the story of God’s goodness in my life.