Is there a way through suffering? Can we own our pain and find real joy? At age 17, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. If that was not enough, in 2010, she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. And today, Joni lives with excruciating, unrelenting pain. She is no stranger to suffering.
Believers will face persecution and suffering. Grounded in the living hope of Jesus’ resurrection, the apostle, Peter, exhorts us to live courageously and faithfully no matter our challenges. Join Michael in this expository teaching series of 1 Peter.
It is time many of us rethought our definition of “blessed” to mean more than simply physical or material well-being. Learn more in this guest blog post from Mark Irving.