Unbearable Cross
By John D. Bain
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Many Christians live by the mantra, "God will never put on us more than we can bear."
What if that statement is not true? What if it is not what the Bible teaches?
Sincere and devout believers in Jesus often lose their faith when they experience life-crushing tragedy and disaster. They have felt more trouble and weight than they can humanly carry. They feel that God has been untrue to his promise, and they feel foolish for trusting Him.
An untrue promise has been passed to them by well-meaning saints.
The author proposes that if God placed a cross upon His own Son that HE could not bear, He may find it necessary to do the same to His Children towards the accomplishment of His greater plan.
John D. Bain
Dr. John D. Bain is a resident of Hartselle, Alabama. The son of John W. and Elizabeth Bain and the husband of Terri Evans Bain. He has two children and two grandchildren.He was ordained into the pastoral ministry in 1977 and has served as a Southern Baptist Pastor for thirty-seven years in seven SBC churches.He was graduated (National Honor Society) from the Morgan County High School in Hartselle, Alabama in 1974 (now Hartselle High School), from Belmont College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1979 (now Belmont University – Bachelor’s Degree ), from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee in 1982 (Master’s of Divinity), and from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2012 (Doctor of Ministry).In 2006 he left the full time pastorate to serve in associational missions and as a bivocational pastor in smaller SBC churches.In 1990 he was introduced to the world of the Personal Computer – he incorporated the PC into his ministry and pastoral work and eventually gained expertise in their use, maintenance, and repair. Thus electronic books!
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Unbearable Cross - John D. Bain
UNBEARABLE CROSS
Will God Ever Place More
Pain, Suffering, or Obligation on His Children
than they can Bear?
By John D. Bain
Copyright © 2014 by Other Little Ships
Smashwords Edition
DEDICATION
This Book is Dedicated to
Dr. John W. Hamilton
My Father in the Ministry.
Of Whom God Required Everything,
and More
Paul, the Apostle, II Corinthians 1:8
"I don't want you to be unaware of the terrible trouble
that I found myself in while we were in Asia.
We were crushed with a pressure that can't
even be measured.
It was greater than our strength.
We wished that we could die."
Chapter 1
Introduction
The premise of this book may at a casual glance seem to be a very gloomy one that might not lure a reader to invest valuable reading time. Books about Christian prosperity, success, happiness, health, healing, and well-being abound. And the fact is that's what we ALL really want to hear and read about. But when our faith is so different from our experience the Adversary is able to