Category Archives: the problem of pain

Today’s devotion: Life Haters – Ecclesiastes 2:17

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Stushie

Ecclesiastes 2:17         So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The horrendous mass-murders that took place last week in Norway shocked … Continue reading →

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Stushie’s Stuff: Christmas Losses

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Stushie

Psalm 119:50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Christmas can be a hard time for people who have lost their loved ones to death, especially if it occurs during the month of December. I … Continue reading →

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Lent devotions: Jesus the Christ – Mark 6 v 13

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Stushie

Mark 6:13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. The word ‘Christ’ means ‘the Anointed One’ and it was meant to signify that Jesus was specially chosen, divinely honored, and majestically exalted … Continue reading →

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Helping Haiti: Good News

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Stushie

Mark 1:15            “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” We talk a lot in church about the good news, but do we actually take it to others? I’m … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Devotions: Hopes and fears – Advent 3 – Job 23 v 16

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Stushie

Job 23: 16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. I feel sorry for Job. He was living at a time when people believed that personal pain and suffering occurred because God was angry with them. … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Return to Love

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Stushie

Hosea 14:4 I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. The prophet Hosea lived a tragic life. He fell in love and married a woman called Gomer. She was a prostitute … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Battling Bitterness

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Stushie

Malachi 3: 15 “But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.” Podcast version click here The greatest foe against faith is not unbelief; it is actually bitterness. Bitter people find … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Light of Liberty

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Stushie

Matthew 5: 14 “You are the world’s light. You cannot hide a city on a hill. The days following the 9/11 tragedy were amongst the weirdest that many of us ever experienced. To begin with, there were no planes in … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Resident Evil

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Stushie

Our community in Knoxville is grieving and angry this morning. A while ago, a young couple – Chris Newsom and Channon Christian – were car-jacked, kidnapped, raped, tortured, horrendously mutilated, and savagely murdered by a gang of people over several … Continue reading →

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Compassion for a Killer

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Stushie

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. There’s been a lot of outrage expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about the Scottish Secretary of Justice’s decision to … Continue reading →

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