How Do You Square a Good God with Suffering?

Christians are always talking about how much God loves us and how good he is. So, where was he when my three year old was dying of cancer? If he’s so good why didn’t he answer me when I asked him to stop my pain? If God cares for this world why does he allow…

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The Bible: What Is It?

Say the word “Bible” and you get a bunch of different reactions as varied as the people who respond. “I hate it when people say, ‘The Bible says.’” “You know, I’ve heard people quote stuff from there as if it’s the magic solution or answer to really serious problems or hard questions. It just comes…

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The Cross: What’s with That?

Did Jesus really die on a cross and then rise from the dead? Isn’t that some kind of spiritual metaphor? Maybe the church made it up to make Jesus look like some super-human teacher? Look, even if we say this really did happen…well, there’s even more problems. Why would God do such a thing to…

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God’s Story Part I: Intro

God is a person. We can know him. And just like we can learn any person’s story, we can learn his. Not only has he has given us his story, but he’s also invited us to participate in it with him. God’s story has been unfolding since the beginning of time and is still unfolding.…

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