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  Dear Friends, What could motivate the Lion to suffer the hyenas? Only an otherworldly love. . Mouth abuse The crucifixion of Jesus Christ makes it clear to me that “God doesn’t love me” is not the right explanation for our suffering. However…the sufferings of Jesus began long before the […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 6b)

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Dear Friends, I will now attempt to talk about the greatest act of love the cosmos has ever seen, or ever will see. Pray for me. . Yes, but the cross When I decided to write about the Problem of Evil a year ago, I planned to use the sufferings […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 6a)

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Dear Friends, Would an uncaring God create an eternal paradise for you? . How God feels about you: Mystery solved! Two posts ago, I talked about the Problem of Evil in light of the fact that God is the One Who gives us our ultimate sense of morality. When our […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 5b)

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Dear Friends, There is a river… . A bride adorned Today, God willing, we are going to talk about heaven. Next time, I want to relate this topic back to the Problem of Evil. I have to offer a caveat for today’s post: in some cases, I may use some […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 5a)

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Dear Friends, God is superior. Period. . Yes, but God Coronavirus…violence in the streets…child abuse…have you decided it’s impossible for there to be a loving, all-powerful Lord God of this universe? With God as my helper, I would like to convince you today that you are granting the benefit of […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 4)

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  Dear Friends, We all want to know why. But what if the Bible tells us why…and we really don’t like the answer? . Starting with Who Last time I talked about how the Biblical origin story makes sense of the beautiful but fractured world we live in. I then […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 3b)

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Dear Friends, We’re taking a break from the Problem of Evil today. I recently saw an ad for a news website that said “Go inside the halls of power”, and over the next few days, that ad has evoked a mixture of pity and peace in my soul. I truly […]

Go inside the halls of power

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Dear Friends, In my foolishness, I tried to write a series about the Problem of Evil without a post dedicated to Creation and the Fall. It didn’t work. Today, we discuss Genesis 1-3….and begin our transition from Why? to Who? . A mind-boggling story that begins to explain the world […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 3a)

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Dear Friends, If God loves us so much, why do we suffer? Sometimes, the answer is fairly obvious. . Unraveling the paradox We examined last time one way in which these three things… Human suffering :_( God’s omnipotence ↑ [purple is the color of royalty, in case you were wondering 🙂 ] […]

Yes, but the cross (Part 2b)

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