Category Archives: Affliction / Grief / Suffering
Drug Use
In view here is not the use of a perscription drug prescribed to the individul useing them, and as perscribed, but of street drug use.
Drugs and the Mind: The effects of drugs have various effect on the mind and the judgement of those using them. Drugs produce and euphoric and accelerated state of mind, a state of well being, which is generally the purpose of the use of them. The Bible teaches us to be sober minded Continue reading
Qualities Needed in Trials (scripture)
Jas 1:19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Jas 1:20 For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God.
Profiting From Trials
Jas 1:2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,
Jas 1:3 knowing that the trying of your faith works patience.
Jas 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
Jas 1:8 he is a double-minded man, not dependable in all his ways.
From the Book of James
Why do Bad Things Happen to People?
Many exert great energy in attempting to find the answer to the above question. This is especially true since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, when the Muslim terrorists attacked the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, resulting in thousands being murdered and many families losing husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, and children. Why do such things happen? Why is life often characterized by misfortune, sadness, untimely deaths and tragedies of all sorts? The answer, “bad things only happen to bad people who deserve it,” is obviously unacceptable and untrue (Lk. 13: 2-5). Bad things happen to all kinds of people. Let us now explore our question “why do bad things happen to people?” in more detail and see if we can find some answers.
There are two great sources Continue reading
