Suffering is the one transcendent and universal human experience. Past or present. North, south, east, west. Suffering is everywhere. Suffering is the greatest threat to secularism. Suffering makes us feel that life is not right, that life is not whole. That is right. Only Christianity provides those who suffer with the right framework to navigate life. In “Pressed but not Crushed,” we will look to the foundational texts of the Bible that discusses suffering. We will see what American culture teaches us about suffering and how to handle it. We will see that the gospel alone provides a person with the framework to experience joy and growth, over and above suffering.