pain
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Love in the Midst of the Black Death
Imagine yourself a six-year old child in 1349 when the infamous Black Death strikes. In less than a year about one half of the 30,000 citizens in your town have perished at the hand of the bubonic plague. It passes but breaks out again–six more times during your lifetime. With each outbreak, images of your… Continue reading
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Sweet after Bitter, a Personal Story
Our daughter, Sara, married a wonderful man. As it was a second marriage for both her and Mark, you know there were past difficult circumstances. Here is Mark’s description, in his own words, of the violent storm he was forced to weather: In 2020 my world was turned upside down with the news that my… Continue reading
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A Nagging Question that Prevents Us from Fully Giving Our Hearts to God
Even those of us who have firmly decided to follow Jesus often don’t trust him unconditionally because of one big problem–pain and suffering. We can only trust someone to the extent we believe they are good and therefore have our best interests at heart. We will hold back from fully giving our hearts to God… Continue reading
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If God is Love, Why Can Pain be So Excruciating and So Terrifying?
In my last post, we considered “the problem of pain” as it’s sometimes called. “How can there be so much suffering, evil and pain in a world created and ruled by a loving God?” We saw love must be freely given, that is, we must have free will to choose to love or not. And… Continue reading