This article includes exegetical remarks about Colossians 1:24 and the role of suffering.

Does God know what he is doing? If everything falls within the will of God, why is there so much sin in the world? This article addresses questions like these, coming to the conclusion that Christians must trust in the wisdom of God in the midst of a fallen world.

Christians should expect persecution and suffering. Is there a way to avoid being persecuted? This article explains that there are two ways, both of which are less than godly.

This article is a study of C. S. Lewis's reflection on the problem of pain and suffering.

How should believers view suffering, especially the kind that comes as a result of them being followers of Christ? With a focus on the relevant passages in 1 Peter 4, the author addresses this issue and points towards the glory that is to be attained at the end.

Why do Christians experience suffering and persecution? What should our response to suffering be? This author of this article addresses these questions.

This article shows that the best way to cope under personal affliction and suffering is by focusing on Christ.

What do you do when you are experiencing affliction and pain? Many people feel sorry for themselves and crumble under the pain. The article carefully reminds us that the Lord Jesus is bigger than our suffering, and our weaknesses are nothing Jesus cannot handle.  

Have you ever heard or said, "When God closes a door, he opens a window"? This is typically said to comfort people who are disappointed or in pain. This article explains that there are problems with this saying, namely, that God may not always open a window, and that God's gifts for us are not necessarily in this temporal life.

Have you ever said to others or yourself that God will never give you more than you can handle? This article considers Psalm 61:1-3, which shows that God can give you more than you can handle, and yet never more than he can handle.

Teaching about suffering and persecution is important for the church. This article lists seven reasons why.

How should Christians respond in a time of global tragedy or epidemic? Good theology is essential when responding to suffering. This article explains seven things Christians should know when facing suffering such as the coronavirus.

In this life there will be suffering. What is the cause of suffering? How should we respond to suffering? This article looks at suffering from 1 Peter, and explains ten things you should know about suffering.

Suffering is not easy. What is even more difficult is to understand why God allows his children to suffer. This article gives four reasons why God allows suffering.

Christians should be able to see beyond their suffering and pain, because the resurrection of Jesus shows that suffering is not the end. Here are ten things you should know about suffering to help you see this.

When Christians face suffering, does it mean that God is punishing them? There is a difference between punishment and discipline, as this article explains.

When facing suffering and pain, what is it that you can hold on to as a Christian? Romans 5:1-5 offers four anchors Christians can hold on to in such circumstances.

 From Isaiah 43:2 this article shows how the sovereign God is actively involved in your suffering.

Does suffering prove that Christianity is logically incoherent? If God is omnipotent, omniscient, and completely good, why is there evil? Does the existence of suffering mean that God is either powerless or not good? This article tackles these questions.

Understanding the relationship between body and spirit and how they affect each other is important to answering the question of suffering. When is suffering the result of your personal sin and when is it not? This article gives two principles to think about.

Is there a relationship between suffering and the discipline of God? Looking at Hebrews 12:3-17 this article shows how at times suffering goes together with discipline in the Christian life.

This article shows how the prophet Jeremiah did not mourn as one who was hopeless, but he set his hope entirely on the character of God. The article urges this exercise upon believers today as well.

What is the purpose of pain? To say that we need pain in order to love God is not biblically correct. The article explains why.

This article considers the subject of persecution, and how we are to develop a Christ-like concern for his suffering people throughout the world.

This article argues that suffering produces gospel weariness: it creates a desire of wanting to see suffering ended.

How can you help those who are suffering? What is needed to counsel those who are suffering is a theology of suffering. Such a theology considers who God is, the origins of suffering, the why of suffering, God's response to suffering, and the end of suffering.

How to be comforted in suffering? The answer is found in knowing the sovereignty of God. This article explains what the Bible means by God's sovereignty and it shows how this is the source of comfort in suffering.

Suffering and being a Christian are very close friends. The Bible reveals that suffering is the lot of all Christians. This article looks at the suffering we face for Christ's sake. The author shows how such suffering can be endured by looking to future glory (Romans 8:18).

When facing suffering, Christians can sometimes struggle to make sense of God's providence. This article points to the cross, encouraging believers that God's providence is at work even through our suffering. A godly response to suffering is humilty in prayer.

In times of great suffering and loss, people often feel angry with God. Is it ever right to be angry with God or express anger towards Him?

The Christian life is presented in the Bible as suffering that leads to glory. Based on this understanding this article evaluates the claims of the health and wealth gospel with a specific focus on Joel Osteen.

Suffering and adversity will come to every Christian, as Christ promised. How should you prepare? Know God as your Father, trust the promise of His presence, give thanks always, and pray.

There are two things that Christians should know about suffering and trials: God has a purpose for them, and we are not able to figure out what that purpose is in the moment.

This article shows how true faith allows the believer to see the good in all things because of God's providence.

This article is about questioning God in suffering, and suffering as part of the normal Christian life.

How can severe calamity exist in a world governed by a good God? The author reads Revelation 6:1-8 as an answer to the question whether suffering is merely part of a chaotic world.

This article on the problem of evil also focuses on suffering and justice and mercy, suffering and God as Lord, and evil and salvation.

This article reflects on the impact the Holocaust has had on Jewish-Christian relations. The problem of evil is recognized as an age-old dilemma for biblical theists; it does not take on special meaning in light of the Holocaust. The same issues as are found in the book of Job.

Martin Luther is well-known for his theology of the cross. This theology of Luther is based on his view of the love of God and how it relates to suffering and evil. The author introduces into the discussion a Finnish school of interpretation of Luther. This school offers a new understanding of these themes in Luther's theology. In particular the real presence of Christ in the believer is highlighted.

The author of Hebrews understood the church to be the people of the wilderness. Therefore, he wrote his letter in order to exhort them to endurance, since as Christians remaining in the wilderness they should have expected suffering. This endurance can only come through Christ, by seeing His superiority, incarnation and superior offering, in keeping with the understanding of promise and punishment.