Book of Job

Sin MUST Have Caused Your Suffering, Right? I Tell You, No! – Luke 13:1-5; John 9:3; Job 1:8

By | 2020-07-02T19:46:29+00:00 August 3rd, 2018|Relationship with God, Relationship with Self, Relationship with Sufferer|

   Earlier in Jesus’ ministry the disciples asked Jesus a question concerning a man who was born blind, “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” The common belief among the Jews during this time was that great calamity fell upon those who had greatly sinned before God. Jesus [...]

When Bad Things Happen to Good People – Harold S. Kushner

By | 2018-06-21T06:29:00+00:00 September 15th, 2015|Don't Bother|

   In the book When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold S. Kushner writes conversationally to the sufferer and establishes himself as someone who has “skin in the game” as he recounts how his son Aaron suffered from a disease called Progeria (“rapid aging”) which led to his premature death. Kushner knows suffering, his [...]