Sometimes the Lord visits us with hard providences. Our default reaction is prayer for an end to the trial. Yet what happens when our suffering continues? This article draws out precious lessons regarding this issue from the account of the raising of Lazarus in John 11.

Are the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John historically reliable? As a test case, this article considers John 11:41-42, the prayer Jesus offered before Lazarus's resurrection.

The author of this article discusses the account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11:17-45) in light of the doctrine of salvation.