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Suffering Quotes by Timothy Keller
- Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When…
- Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful.…
- Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by…
- We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says…
- Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
- Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
- Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound,…
- God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.
- How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?
- The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is wrong. Jesus’ death…
- If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
- In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.
- The God of the Bible takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself
- When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
- Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel…
- Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
- Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.
- Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see the…
- Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won't leave you where you were.
- Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
- God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.
- If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.
More Suffering Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila