"Frequently it is when we are crushed and devastated that the cross speaks most powerfully to us. The wounds of Christ then become Christ's credentials. The world mocks, but we are assured of God's love by Christ's wounds." --D. A. Carson in "How Long, O Lord?"
"For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted." --Hebrews 2:18, NASB
| Title |
Notes |
The Crook in the Lot  |
Thomas Boston |
| Adversity |
Terry L. Johnson |
| A Pastoral Theology Of Suffering And Evil (WMA Audio) |
Dr. Don Carson |
| The Ruler of the Waves |
J. C. Ryle |
| Sovereignty, Suffering and Open Theism |
Thomas R. Schreiner (pdf) |
| The Crucified God |
Donald Macleod |
| Job: Mystery and Faith (.pdf) |
D. A. Carson |
| The Suffering Jesus: An Example for Every Christian - 1 Peter 2:21-23 |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Suffering Jesus: Our Substitute and Shepherd - 1 Peter 2:24-25 |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| Christ's Holy Sufferings |
Martin Luther |
| Luther’s Theology of the Cross |
Carl R. Trueman |
| The School Of Suffering |
John Newton |
| Against the Theology of Glory |
R. Scott Clark |
| Christ's Sympahy to Weary Pilgrims |
Octavius Winslow |
| Consider Jesus |
Octavius Winslow |
| Why Does God Allow Some of His Servants To Suffer So Grievously? |
George McGuinness |
| A Pastoral Biblical-Theological Study of Suffering from Hebrews |
C.R. Biggs |
| Singing The Blues with Jesus |
Michael Horton |
| The Doctrine of Suffering |
J. Hampton Keathley, III |
| Why Is There Suffering? |
Sid Litke |
| Suffering is the Christian’s Path to Glory |
Wil Pounds |
| Making Sense Out Of Suffering |
Peter Kreeft |
| Sermons, Articles and Resources on Suffering |
John Piper |
| The Global Priority of Our Glorious God |
Russell D. Moore |
| A Pastoral Theology of Tragedy |
Tom Ascol |
| No More Pain |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod |
Thomas Brooks |
| Holiness, the Fruit of the Chastening of Love |
Octavius Winslow |
| Present Suffering Weighed with Future Glory |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Chastening of Love |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Glory of Suffering: Studies in 1 Peter |
Bob Deffinbaugh |
| The Christian Response to Suffering (Part 1) |
P.G. Mathew |
| The Christian Response to Suffering (Part 2) |
P.G. Mathew |
| The Christian Response to Suffering (Part 3) |
P.G. Mathew |
| The Christian Response to Suffering (Part 4) |
P.G. Mathew |
| The Christian Response to Suffering (Part 5) |
P.G. Mathew |
| The Persecution of the Early Church |
Original Source Material |
| Essay on Persecution |
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |
| Their Blood Cries Out: Persecution of Christians Growing |
Paul Marshall |
| Scriptures Regarding Persecution/Overcoming Faith |
International Day of Prayer |
| Did Paul View His Suffering as an Apostle as Beneficial? |
Barry D. Smith |
| A Solace in Suffering: The Sovereignty of God |
Bob Deffinbaugh |
| Sickness, The Succor and Soothing of Spiritual Life |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Cry for a Reason in Suffering |
Ravi Zacharias |
| The Sufferings and Death of Christ |
Augustus M. Toplady |
| A New Perspective On Suffering |
Bryn MacPhail |
| Hope and Holiness in A Hostile World |
Steven J. Cole |
| Joy From the Pits |
Steven J. Cole |
| The Suffering Servant |
Christians Announcing Israel's Messiah |
| The Lord Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant |
David Linden |
| Learning Through Suffering |
Lehman Strauss |
| The Divine Refuge |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Suffering and Consolation |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Cure for Heart-Ache |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Joy in Life's Hard Times |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Liberty from the Fear of Death |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Seasons of Darkness |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Dealing with Suffering |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The God Of All Comfort (Part 1) |
David Legge |
| The God of All Comfort (Part 2) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 1) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 2) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 3) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 4) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 7) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 10) |
David Legge |
| As Sparks Fly Upward (Part 12) |
David Legge |
| Can God Suffer? |
Gerald Bray |
| How Does a Sovereign God Love? |
John Piper |
| The Immutability of God |
John MacDuff |
| Why Didn't God Stop the Process Before it Started, if He Knew of the Massive Suffering that Would Befall His Creatures? |
Glenn Miller |
| Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God |
Glenn Miller |
| Sickness |
J.C. Ryle |
| Why Christians Suffer |
J. Hampton Keathley III |
| Ministering to the Terminally Ill |
Michael DeVries |
| Too Good to Be True (MP3) |
Michael Horton - Lecture on his book, "Too Good to Be True" |
| Comfort for Christians |
Arthur W. Pink, 1952 |
| CONSOLATION (Online Book) |
James W. Alexander |
| Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Light Affliction and Eternal Glory |
J. C. Philpot |
| Leaves of Healing from the Garden of Grief |
Newman Hall, 1891 - It expresses the thoughts and prayers of many years, and is published with devout desire to minister consolation to some of the afflicted children of God. |
| Consolations Against Impatience in Sickness |
Lewis Bayly (1611) |
| the god of our sentimentality |
J.W. Hendryx |
| Cancer's Unexpected Blessings |
Tony Snow |
| CORDIALS IN TEMPORAL TROUBLES |
Henry Law, 1873 |
| Reductionist Justice: Where Job's friends went wrong about suffering. |
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. |
| Ecclesiastes 3: Has the “problem of pain” a solution? |
C. John Collins--OT professor and department chairman at Covenant Theological Seminary |
| Voice of Jesus in the Storm (Audio Sermon) |
Newman Hall |
| A Word in Season to Suffering Saints |
Thomas Brooks, London, 1675 |
| Pain: God's Megaphone |
Alistair Begg |
| The Dark Night of the Soul |
R.C. Sproul |
| Is Our Pain God's Problem? |
Bart Ehrman and Tom Wright |
| Psalms, Part 5: The Suffering (MP3) |
Jeff Purswell - Covenant Life Church |
| Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (.pdf book) |
John Piper, Mark Talbot, Stephen Saint, Carl F. Ellis Jr., David Powlison, Dustiin Shramek, Joni Eareckson Tada |
| The Suffering of Man and the Sovereignty of God (.pdf) |
Melvin Tinker |
| Sermon Series on Job (MP3 & Text) |
Melvin Tinker |
| Evil, Evangelism and Ecclesiastes |
Melvin Tinker |
| Evil and Suffering |
Jerrarm Barrs |
| Human Struggle and Divine Sovereignty (.pdf) |
Vincent Cheung |
| Can faithful living exempt me from suffering? (MP3) |
John Piper - Ask Pastor John |
| Letter to a Christian Friend Under Severe Afflictions |
John Berridge |
| God's Light on Dark Clouds |
Theodore Cuyler, 1882 |
| David's Flight |
Arthur Pink |
| Why Did God Let This Happen? |
James Montgomery Boice |
| Why Does God Allow Death & Suffering |
Massimo Lorenzini |
| Balm for Broken Hearts (.pdf) |
Frank A. James |
| The Night of Weeping |
Horatius Bonar |
| The Crook in the Lot, Part I |
Phil Ryken |
| The Crook in the Lot, Part II |
Phil Ryken |
| The Crook in the Lot: Part III |
Phil Ryken |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away - Part 1 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away Part 2 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away Part 3 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away - Part 4 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| The Intellect, Will and Emotions (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| A Christian Perspective on Grief (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| Why Does God Allow War? |
Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| How can God allow suffering and evil in the world? (Vimeo) |
D.A. Carson |
| Filling Up the Affllictions of Christ (.pdf) |
John Piper |
| The Other Side of the Cross: Suffering and the Glory of God (.pdf) |
BOB SJOGREN |
| A Theological and Pastoral Response to the Tragedy in Haiti |
Mike Milton |
| A Biblical Theology of Disability, Suffering, and the Church (iTunes) |
DTS faculty & Joni Eareckson Tada |
| The Joy of Suffering (YouTube) |
Francis Chan |
| The Problem of Suffering (MP3) |
Michael Brown vs. Bart Ehrman Debate |
| Bishop John Hooper’s Letter of January 21, 1555 (Before Being Burned at the Stake) |
John Hooper |
| God's Will and Healing (.pdf) |
John W. Robbins |
| John Chrysostom on the statues: or, to the people of Antioch |
John Chrysostom - We do not necessarily endorse this author. For reference use. |
| To Serve Is to Suffer |
Ajith Fernando |
| God Controlls Even our Suffering |
Steve Hall - How does a biblical understanding of God’s love and sovereignty serve to encourage and sustain us during trials? |
| Suffering and a Theology of Glory |
Michael S. Horton |
| The Soul's Conflict with Itself (.pdf) |
Richard Sibbes |
| Glory & Suffering in the Fourth Gospel - A Paradox of Discipleship |
Edward Donnelly |
| A Woman Called Job (.pdf) |
Jennifer Schuchmann on Nancy Guthrie |
| The Groans of Believers (.pdf) |
Ebenezer Erskine |
| Christmas in Suffering & Prejudice |
Tim Keller |
| The Crook in the Lot, part 1 (MP3) |
Thomas Boston |
| The Crook in the Lot: The Sovereignty of God in the Trials, Tribulations & Troubles of This Life (MP3 Audiobook) |
Thomas Boston |
John MacArthur, Jr. (5 links)
Calvin's Teaching on Job 
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God