"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 |
| A Pastoral Theology Of Suffering And Evil (WMA Audio) |
Dr. Don Carson |
| the god of our sentimentality |
J.W. Hendryx |
| Sovereignty, Suffering and Open Theism |
Thomas R. Schreiner (pdf) |
| The Crucified God |
Donald Macleod |
| 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. |
| The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod |
Thomas Brooks |
| Why Does God Allow Death & Suffering |
Massimo Lorenzini |
| Ministering to the Terminally Ill |
Michael DeVries |
| Too Good to Be True (MP3) |
Michael Horton - Lecture on his book, "Too Good to Be True" |
| Consolations Against Impatience in Sickness |
Lewis Bayly (1611) |
| CONSOLATION (Online Book) |
James W. Alexander |
| A Word in Season to Suffering Saints |
Thomas Brooks, London, 1675 |
| 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 |
| Affliction Sanctified |
Richard Sibbes |
| Why Christ Suffered |
Max A Forsythe |
| Christ's Sympahy to Weary Pilgrims |
Octavius Winslow |
| Consider Jesus |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Problem of a Suffering Christian |
A.W. Pink |
| 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 |
| Religious Principles of the Scottish Martyrs |
Andrew Symington |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Disciples of Christ Must Expect Persecution |
Jeremiah Burroughs |
| The Christian and Persecution |
Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| 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 |
| The Great Giver |
A.W. Pink |
| Affliction Sanctified |
Richard Sibbs |
| 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 |
| Tried by Fire |
A.W. Pink |
| 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 |
| Cheer Up, My Comrades |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Beloved, and yet Afflicted |
Charles Spurgeon |
| 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. |
| Glory Through Suffering (1 Peter 2:21a) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Suffering Jesus: An Example for Every Christian (1 Peter 2:21b-23) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Suffering Jesus: Our Substitute and Shepherd (1 Peter 2:24-25) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Triumph of Christ's Suffering (Part 1) (1 Peter 3:18a) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Triumph of Christ's Suffering (Part 2) (1 Peter 3:18b-20a) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Triumph of Christ's Suffering (Part 3) (1 Peter 3:20b-22) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 1) (1 Peter 4:7) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 2) (1 Peter 4:7b-9) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 3) (1 Peter 4:10-11) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Fiery Trial (Part 1) (1 Peter 4:12-14) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Fiery Trial (Part 2) (1 Peter 4:15-19) |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 1) (1 Peter 4:7a) Study Guide |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 2) (1 Peter 4:7b-9) Study Guide |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World (Part 3) (1 Peter 4:10-11) Study Guide |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Fiery Trial (Part 1) (1 Peter 4:12-14) Study Guide |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| The Fiery Trial (Part 2) (1 Peter 4:15-19) Study Guide |
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 |
| Glorifying God in the Fire |
George Whitefield |
| Why Christians Suffer |
J. Hampton Keathley III |
| Good News For The Afflicted |
Herman Hoeksema |
| Benefitting from Life's Trials |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| Voice of Jesus in the Storm (Audio Sermon) |
Newman Hall |
| Is Our Pain God's Problem? |
Bart Ehrman and Tom Wright |
| The Night of Weeping |
Horatius Bonar |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away Part 3 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| Comfort for Christians |
Arthur W. Pink, 1952 |
| Balm for Broken Hearts (.pdf) |
Frank A. James |
| Pain: God's Megaphone |
Alistair Begg |
| 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. |
| Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Light Affliction and Eternal Glory |
J. C. Philpot |
| God Loves Me and Has What Kind of Plan for My Life? |
Iain M. Duguid, Ph.D. |
| 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 |
| The Dark Night of the Soul |
R.C. Sproul |
| 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 |
| Adversity |
Terry L. Johnson |
| 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 |
| The problem of pain (WMA) |
Richard Cunningham - CICCU Media |
| 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 2 (MP3) |
David Powlison - CCEF |
| When Suffering Won't Go Away - Part 1 (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 |
John MacArthur, Jr. (11 links)
Calvin's Teaching on Job 
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God