For your education and edification, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has assembled a large online collection of papers, articles, and information on suffering.
The following free resources were chosen for their insight on certain topics and to benefit your research. However, due to the variety of sources, not all of the views expressed are necessarily those of the LCMS. Please read with discretion and discuss any questions with your pastor.
Suffering
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Assisted suicide and euthanasia isn’t the answer to suffering or a show of compassion. Delve into questions and see what God’s Word has to say.
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The Christian response to medical ethics today is to speak the Word of truth to empty lives that believe lies that say there is no right or wrong and lies that say nothing more than the autonomy of the individual is at stake. We have the one thing needed, and we need to share it.
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We ask, “How long will you defend the unjust, O God, and show favor to the wicked?” God points to the cross and says: “As long as I possibly can. And I invite you to wait and work with me, and bear with me the burden of this agonizing question, ‘How long?’ ”
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Martin Luther once wrote: “Without trials ... a person can know neither Scripture nor faith, nor can he fear and love God. If he has never suffered, he cannot understand what hope is.”
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It is hopeful to say that our suffering is from God, for then we know to whom we must turn is good and omnipotent and will turn our tears into joy in heaven. This is the theology of the cross.
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