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Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Randy Alcorn
Suffering and Evil
disease, eternal perspective, god, hope, jim harrell, lou gehrigs disease, pain, randy alcorn, suffering

Jim Harrell, Perspectives in Suffering, Part 3

C. S. Lewis said, "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

In the final eight minutes of this three part video, Jim Harrell, dying of ALS but living with an eternal perspective, says, “Suffering is the icy cold splash that wakes us up from the complacency of living this life. We truly don’t see God and his purpose and strength without suffering, because we just become too comfortable.”

If you didn't see the first two parts of the video, check ...

Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Randy Alcorn
Suffering and Evil
disease, eternal perspective, god, hope, jim harrell, lou gehrigs disease, pain, randy alcorn, suffering

Jim Harrell, Perspectives in Suffering, Part 2

See my previous blog to learn a little about my friend Jim Harrell, who has ALS, and watch the five minute video that precedes this one.

Or, just go straight to the ten minute one below. I guarantee you, this ten minutes will bring more to your day than almost anything else.

Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Randy Alcorn
Suffering and Evil
disease, eternal perspective, god, hope, jim harrell, lou gehrigs disease, pain, randy alcorn, suffering

Jim Harrell, Perspectives in Suffering, part 1

In the past year I've gotten to know Jim Harrell, a friend I've exchanged emails with and talked with once on the phone. I interviewed Jim on the subject of suffering for the book I'm currently writing. Jim has read some of my books, including Heaven, and wrote me telling his story. Turns out we have a mutual friend, Chris Mitchell.

One Saturday morning in 2003, Jim received a call delivering the kind of news no one wants to hear. His doctor told Jim he had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's ...