If you don’t have cancer, you know people who do. And it may soon knock at your door. I find this blog written by a mother who lost a daughter to cancer, wisely encouraging. A recent post: In June of…
Flee the Hidden God and Run to Christ
Rather than working yourself into a mental tizzy over elusive questions, run to Christ. Philip Yancey: Martin Luther encouraged his students to flee the hidden God and run to Christ, and I now know why. If I use a magnifying…
Why Joni Eareckson Tada Wants to Bring Her Wheelchair to Heaven
Justin Taylor: Joni, from her moving booklet Hope . . . The Best of Things: I sure hope I can bring this wheelchair to heaven. Now, I know that’s not theologically correct. But I hope to bring it and put…
Paradigm Shifts Introduced by Grief
Jill Sullivan is a blogger who lost a daughter to cancer. I read her blog and find that I am encouraged by her humble wisdom. She recently posted: All this week, I’ve been sitting in school workshops. The last two…
The Horn of Africa: A Humanitarian Crisis
The Big Picture points to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and other countries in Africa. Pray. See more pictures here.
Tim Challies: Pondering Norway’s Darkest Hour
Tim Challies: Norway has experienced a nightmare—3 hours of abject terror. On Friday afternoon, right around 3:30, thirty-two year-old Anders Behring Breivik ignited a bomb outside government offices in Oslo, killing at least 7. As the bomb exploded, he was…
Why is there evil and suffering?
I recently posted about how we consider the reality of evil and suffering. I mentioned that a theodicy is “a defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.” A theodicy speaks to the question, “If…
Christians need not be intellectually troubled that they can’t exhaustively explain why God allows evil
A theodicy is “a defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.” A theodicy speaks to the question, “If God is good and all-powerful, how do we explain the existence of evil.” So how do…
A Letter to a Mother Thinking about Terminating a Baby with a Genetic Disorder
Justin Taylor: A letter from one mother to another who just found out her baby in the womb has ARPKD, a rare genetic disorder of the kidneys that has no cure. (HT: LJT) Emma, I am so sorry that you…
“I cannot remain silent”
Letters of note is becoming one of my favorite blogs. April 29th, 1865: Queen Victoria, still grieving and “utterly broken-hearted” following the death of Prince Albert four years previous, writes an empathetic letter of condolence to Mary Todd Lincoln following the recent…