On the Suffering of Children

On the Suffering of Children

In this article, Eric Sims aims to identify a few certainties and to clear away a few errors concerning the suffering of children. He concludes: God is good, and loving, and just, and in control, even when we do not understand.

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Is God's Love Like a Hurricane?

Is God's Love Like a Hurricane?

The song “How He Loves” compares God’s love to “a hurricane” and the believer as “bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.” But hurricanes are overpowering forces that bring destruction, suffering, and, in some cases, death. Is a hurricane, then, an appropriate metaphor for divine love? I believe it is.

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Joy Comes in the Mourning

Joy Comes in the Mourning

The weeping mothers of Bethlehem do not merely recapitulate the sorrow experienced at Ramah. But they serve as a harbinger of the Messianic hope foretold by Jeremiah! 

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