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Suffering: How can God Allow Suffering? Part 1

Posted on January 31, 2014 by shepherdbryan

This begins the first part answering the question. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow.

We live. We suffer.

We live. We suffer. If you do not suffer, you have not lived very long. The world is full of suffering that comes from a multitude of sources, in a multitude of ways and with a multitude of results and consequences. It seems to us that some people suffer much more than others, until we are in the midst of it. Then everyone else’s suffering pales in comparison to what we are battling. We’re often willing to do just about anything to get rid of the suffering! There are emotional, social and mental struggles that often overshadow physical suffering, but the physical is easier to identify. Continue reading →

Suffering: Pain and Suffering – Introduction

Posted on January 30, 2014 by shepherdbryan

This is the introduction to the project answering the question, “How can a loving God allow suffering?” You are invited to search through all the posts and pick up succeeding articles.

In just a few short months of 2012 and 2013, the following gut-wrenching accounts were filed in courtrooms and newspapers across the great United States of America – a land that is known for welcoming people from all over the world with the invitation: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free…^{1 Continue reading →}