Sermons on Groaning

The Agony and the Ecstasy[i]   Introduction:  One of the most distinguishing features of biblical Christianity is its philosophy of suffering.  Some religions deny the reality of pain and suffering altogether, calling it an illusion.  Others attribute suffering to the fact that God is finite and thus unable to eliminate it.  There is a view held by some evangelicals that suffering is never God’s will and is simply the result of weak faith.  Jesus and His Apostles, however, took a very balanced approach toward suffering.  They acknowledged…