“Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked?” (Eccles. 7:13). Here are seven reasons why God allows various afflictions, also known as “crooks,” in the lives of his children.

Psalm 23 is a psalm of confidence in God’s care for his people. Here are two good things to remember when you walk through the valleys of life.

It’s all too easy to allow vain striving to overtake our thoughts and divert us from the most important parts of life. What does the Bible say about how much is enough?

It’s not fun being kicked while you’re down. Job’s friends rushed to judgment when he suddenly lost his children, wealth, and health. Here are six things to keep in mind when tragedy strikes.

Have you ever asked yourself, “Why do some people seem to always win and I always lose?” How should we respond when the individual chapters of our lives feel unfair?

At times we can be especially hard on ourselves. Here are 12 good things to remember when you are tempted to indulge in self-loathing.

Tragedies are riddles—and not the fun and amusing kind of riddles. Rather, they are painful and mind-boggling. Here are 3 ways we see God’s love for his children and how he brings about good through suffering.

Some people claim that if God is truly good then he must not be great, because a good God would end the evil and suffering in the world. Here are 16 helpful Bible passages regarding why God is both good and great.

After my son died in a skiing accident, people cared for my family in a multitude of ways. When you don’t know what to say or do to help someone who is suffering, try these 10 practical tips.