Thomas Endjala

We can agree that being a Christian isn’t easy. No one likes to go through hardship. If it were up to us, we’d never experience any hardship—let alone serious suffering. We all wonder when suffering and difficulties come our way: Is this really the best tool God has to make me more like Christ? Theoretically, we may agree. But experience is…

No one wants to suffer. In my culture, and in most African cultures, suffering is seen as a sign of bad luck; or proof that you did something wrong. Interestingly that was exactly the same thinking as Job’s friends. For example, Eliphaz says this about Job’s situation: “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut…