God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We SufferOne Bible, Many Answers In God's Problem, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows us to suffer. |
Contents
The Dominance | 57 |
four The Consequences of Sin | 91 |
Redemptive Suffering | 125 |
six Does Suffering Make Sense? | 159 |
The Conclusion | 261 |
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