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    Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering
    Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering
    Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering
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    Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering

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    Struggling with overwhelming depression can leave a Christian full of doubts and confusion. This booklet seeks to explore these common sufferings by looking at three popular CHH songs.

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    PublisherRichie Cooley
    Release dateApr 16, 2023
    ISBN9798215656266
    Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering
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      Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae - Richie Cooley

      Flame, Derek Minor, and Lecrae: Portraits of Christian Suffering

      by Richie Cooley

      Licensed by:

      Richie Cooley (April, 2023; edited: May, 2023)

      Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International

      Table of Contents

      I. For Such a Time

      II. Flame

      III. Derek Minor

      IV. Lecrae

      Before getting started, let’s review a few notes…

      *Old Testament Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      *New Testament Scripture is taken from the English Majority Text Version. Translated by Paul Esposito. Copyright © 2011.

      *British spelling is often used, except for the quoted material, which normally employs U.S. spelling.

      *Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

      *As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

      * * *

      …You…know my stops, you…pluck out the heart of my mystery, you…sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ…you make it speak… -- Hamlet; Act 3, Scene 2 [Folger’s; redacted]

      I. For Such a Time

      Death isn’t cessation of breath and pain isn’t straining a hamstring.

      Without a doubt the most difficult parts of the Lord’s Passion occurred at the beginning and the end. The beginning saw him writhe in mental anguish in Gethsemane. The end saw him cry out in dereliction when the Father forsook him. I’m convinced that all the suffering in-between these poles paled greatly in comparison.

      Every Easter the Filipino believers make headlines by nailing a few of their own to homemade crosses. Such lacklustre pricking doesn’t even begin to demonstrate the essence of true suffering.

      These false-Christs are like unto the myriad of laughable prayer meetings that have become a regular fixture of

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