- Mon, Jul 25, 2011
- Suffering and Evil
Writing Letters to the Suffering
The following moved me deeply. We asked permission to post it. It speaks for itself. My thanks to John Knight, John Piper and Desiring God.
Pastors, Help Your People: The Ministry of a Letter in Suffering
by John KnightPastors, Here's a Scenario
You're a pastor and ‘the call’ comes. One of your families have welcomed a child into the world – and that child is significantly disabled. They are crushed.
I think it’s fine and appropriate to quote from Christian speakers and authors we have benefited from. But while gratefully acknowledging I have benefited from these men and women, I do not put them on a pedestal.
