“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” (John 16:22)
We have sorrows in this life as well as joys. Solomon reflected on this nature of the fallen creation when he said, “there is an...
Should Believers Grieve? - P3
“Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?" (Job 6:26)
Job is speaking here to his “friends” — “friends” who have come to encourage and help him, but really rebuked and...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?" (Job 6:26)
We're marching on in our look at grief this week as we continue to ask the question, "should we grieve as Christians?"
In our memory verse...
“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you” (John 16:22).
Grief is a natural response to our condition in a fallen, broken world—all natural grief relates to the effects of Adam’s...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you” (John 16:22).
We're continuing our look at grief this week as we continue to ask the question...
“He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him” (Isaiah 53:3 NASB).
Should we grieve as Christians? The answer depends on who you talk to. There...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him” (Isaiah 53:3).
Should we grieve as Christians? The answer depends...
“Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, ‘Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son’” (Gen. 37:35).
Death is oppressive. We weren’t created to experience death, nor the...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, ‘Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son’” (Genesis 37:35).
Death is oppressive. We weren’t created to...
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty” (Job 6:14).
We weren’t created to suffer. Yet there are many ways to suffer in this world. We can suffer loss of something we had, deprivation of...
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