Our Only Comfort
Rev. Carl Haak explores the nature of true comfort in life and death from a Christian perspective, contrasting worldly sources of consolation with the comfort found in God's Word. The article grounds pastoral encouragement in Scripture, particularly Isaiah 40, presenting the Bible as God's message of comfort to His people in all circumstances.
Rev. Carl Haak What is your comfort in life? In death? Comfort is something that everyone wants to have in life. To have peace of mind, to be relieved from misery, to possess contentment and inner calm—certainly everyone desires that! But comfort is something few people possess. For some, comfort is when things go well in life, when I have all that I want, good health and few problems. Others would say that comfort is the ability to brush away the bad, to have a strong will, to take the...