Rather than seeing suffering in merely negative terms, the example and ministry of Jesus Christ now shows the human family a positive way in which suffering can be seen and accepted in human life.

I was invited to hear a Moslem background believer tell his story of how the Lord brought a Moslem to faith. Let's take a look.

Insofar as man becomes a sharer in Christ’s sufferings…to that extent he in his own way completes the suffering through which Christ accomplished the Redemption of the world” (SD, 24).

Instead, suffering for Christ is a norm and even a privilege.” Fu’s favorite verse is 1:29: “For it has been privileged to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him ...

Christians in China and India, Muslims in India and Myanmar, religious dissenters in Iran and Saudi Arabia, and people of conscience in far too many countries are suffering for their faith.

In this series we are thinking about some of the metaphors the Bible uses to help us understand what it means to be part of “The Church” - metaphors like the body of Christ, the family of ...

Christ’s resurrection is victory over death, she said, and Christ’s suffering and death is a sign of God’s great love for humanity. “He can identify with your pain,” she said.

In our own suffering, Christ allows us to share in the deepest sign of his love. He has infused suffering with divine meaning, not human meaninglessness. Human suffering is thus redeemed.

Of course, this framework risks being simplistic, as there aren’t only these two kinds of suffering in the world. Even Jesus rejected simplistic explanations for our trials and troubles, as he ...

WASHINGTON — Christians from across America will unite on September 24, 2022, at the National Mall in Washington D.C., for the third annual MARCH FOR THE MARTYRS. The movement, which was founded ...