Suffering isn’t an illusion, and the Bible faces it head-on. In Part 1 of Trusting God in Suffering, Dr. John Neufeld explains 1 Peter 4:1 to show why followers of Jesus must “arm themselves” before hard days come.

Christ, the sinless Son of God, truly suffered in the flesh. Because He did, Peter says we should expect suffering too, and prepare for it now. Dr. John looks honestly at the problem of evil, the laments of the Psalms and Habakkuk, the scale of loss in our world, and his own grief after losing his wife of 46 years. He also shows why trusting God’s goodness doesn’t require rose-coloured glasses.

The question isn’t whether the winds of suffering will blow. It’s whether your faith is a candle that goes out, or an ember that leaps into flame.