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A healthy despair is a prerequisite not only to beginning in faith but also to growing in faith....

But in our hurry to celebrate what is good and what is worthy of celebration, we must not skate past the necessary role and function of lamentation. ...

But Jesus’ suffering was unique. No man had ever suffered what He endured that day. It was not just the physical and psychological agony experienced by every other crucifixion victim. In the cross, Jesus’ greatest suffering was that he endured the very pangs of hell....

Small groups can use these questions to challenge and encourage one another. Friends can use these questions to sharpen their iron-on-iron relationships. These three questions are another way we can “one-another” well....

So why should I bother Him with my requests? The whole enterprise is an exercise in futility, so why waste my breath? Why bother Him with my feeble-minded, self-absorbed requests when He’s going to do what is wise and best, regardless of what I want?...