3 results for tag: co-suffering

An Easter Miracle and Not So Much – Brad Jersak

Brad Jersak Looking back - Lamenting on Resurrection Day: “…but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel…Luke 24:22 An Easter Miracle Easter morning I woke up to a mountain of text messages proclaiming, “He is risen!” and “Christ is risen” and “Alleluia!” For Christians, the resurrection message reminds us that in our story, Jesus is not merely an inspiring prophet from the distant past, but the One whose conquest of death means he is alive today. His promise, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” is something we experience—something and Someone made real to us. Or some of us. ...

Sitting Shiva – Greg Albrecht

“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you” (Isaiah 41:10 – The Message) The book of Job begins with an unimaginable tragedy experienced by a man who “feared God and shunned evil” (Job 1:1). Identified as “the greatest man among all the people of the East” (Job 1:1) Job experienced a financial disaster when he lost 500 oxen, 500 donkeys, 3,000 camels and 7,000 sheep, and the deaths of the many servants (laborers) who tended them.  In the wake of this financial catastrophe, a hurricane-like “mig...

“Misery Loves Company” Brad Jersak

How does Christ’s suffering with us deliver us from suffering if we’re still suffering?