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July/August 2009 Richard D. Emmons

Facing the Furnaces of Life

Sometime in your life you probably have asked, “Why does God let us suffer?” Why do we go through adversity and pain? There are several answers. Sometimes hardship is God’s chastening. When we’re not walking with Him as we ought, He steps in like a loving father to provide circumstances designed to bring us back to Him. Sometimes we suffer simply because we live in a world filled with s

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Dr. Richard D. Emmons is a professor emeritus in the School of Divinity at Cairn University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and seniors pastor of Coastal Christian Church in Ocean City, New Jersey.

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