Book Review – Kiss the Wave

Charles Spurgeon famously said “I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” Spurgeon was a man acquainted with suffering, with personal attacks, with sickness, with depression…to name a few. He spokes those words from a position of personal experience. Dave Furman also is a man with extensive personal […]

Book Review – Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

Tim Keller is one of those particularly gifted and effective evangelical Christian thought leaders. He continually serves the church with his writing, his church planting efforts, his work with the Gospel Coalition, and perhaps most importantly – his pastoring. Indeed, it would be near impossible to write a credible book about walking through pain and […]

Dark Valleys

It’s been one of those times where we see lots of suffering around us. People passing away, marriages stuck in cycles of pain and disfunction, hopes and dreams not coming to fruition, chronic illness and pain not getting better, people reaping the consequences of very bad decisions, innocent children caught in the crossfire…the list goes […]

Perspective in Trials | Dress like a man.

So…finally…38 Chapters into the story of Job – the LORD answers him. We’ve seen the unbelievable tragedy and suffering that Job is enduring, we’ve seen his 3 dopey friends try and sell him bad theology – that if you do what is right (and don’t go see R-Rated movies, and go to church a lot, […]