Toward the end of Chapter 10 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller discusses the diversities of temperament involved in those experiencing adversity. Citing Simone Weil’s classic essay “The Love of God and Affliction”, Pastor Keller describes five facts of suffering observed by Ms. Weil: 1. Isolation. Following our ministry downsizing or […]
Today, in Chapter 10 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller discusses the last of four types of suffering spoken of in the Bible. The suffering of mystery fits in the “none of the above” category, although it may overlap with one or more of the three previously described kinds of suffering. […]
Today Timothy Keller continues his presentation of the four kinds of Biblical suffering by discussing the sufferings of betrayal and loss, found in Chapter 10 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering. Pastor Keller states that the suffering of betrayal is caused by good and brave behavior. Such behavior, as seen in the lives […]
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”- The Princess Bride (1987) “The same sun that melts wax hardens clay.”- Old saying Timothy Keller begins Chapter 10 (“The Varieties of Suffering”) of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by noting: (1) that people who haven’t suffered much are almost always fragile […]
In the final pages of Chapter 9 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller stresses the importance of preparing the mind for suffering. The author notes that philosopher Simon Weil once wrote that a soul in the midst of affliction finds it difficult to love anything, falling “into something almost equivalent to […]
As Timothy Keller concludes Chapter 9 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, he states that in order for suffering to lead to growth, we must be prepared in our mind and heart before it strikes so we can face that suffering patiently and faithfully. Pastor Keller adds that these lessons are very difficult […]
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” -Hebrews 12:11 Today Timothy Keller discusses the final two ways God uses our suffering to remove our weaknesses and build us up. 3. Most of all, suffering can […]
In Chapter 9 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller describes four ways God uses our suffering to remove our weaknesses and build us up. The first two ways are discussed today. 1. Suffering transforms our attitude toward ourselves. Adversity humbles us, removing our pride and unrealistic self-regard. Because we tend to […]
“We do not receive wisdom, we just discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one can make for us, which no one can spare us.”-Marcel Proust In Chapter 9 (“Learning to Walk”) of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller reminds us of a concept he presented in […]
Timothy Keller discusses Elisabeth Eliot’s novel No Graven Image in Chapter 8 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering. Elisabeth’s novel is based on an actual event that occurred in her first years as a Bible translator in South America, when a man who spoke Spanish as well as the local language with equal […]
“How good it is to sing praises to our Lord, how pleasant and fitting to praise him.” -Psalm 147:1 In Chapter 8 of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller states that since the ultimate purpose of life is to glorify God, “that means that the first- but perhaps hardest to grasp- purpose […]
Timothy Keller begins Chapter 8 (“The Reason for Suffering”) of Walking with God through Pain and Suffering with the assertion that suffering is at the heart of the Christian faith. Suffering is the way Christ became like us and redeemed us, but it is also one of the essential ways we become like Christ and […]