The Shepherd does not abandon the sheep whose soul is depleted. He restores.

Hebrews 12 uses the metaphor of a long-distance race, not a sprint. Endurance is the virtue of the marathon runner, not the hundred-metres athlete.

Paul asked God three times to remove the thorn. God declined — and then explained why: His power is made perfect in weakness, not in its absence.

Many believers in business suffer in silence, fearing that expressing pain signals weak faith. The Psalms tell a different story.

Joseph's story is one of the most compressed accounts of suffering and sovereignty in Scripture. Sold by his brothers, enslaved in Egypt...

James does not promise that faith will prevent trials. He promises that trials will produce something in those who hold their faith through them.