Ask NT Wright Anything #52 ‘I wish I didn’t exist’. Pain and suffering Part 2

2021-02-04T16:44:00

Tom shares his thoughts on heart-breaking pastoral questions from listeners around how to respond to grief and mental health. You can listen to part one of the podcast here.

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Unapologetic #42 Bruce Miller: If God exists why does he allow suffering?

2023-03-01T17:00:00Z

Ruth Jackson continues her conversation with Bruce Miller, author of The 7 Big Questions: Searching for God, Truth, and Purpose. He highlights some of the arguments for the existence of God and unpacks one of life’s hardest questions, looking at moral evil, natural suffering and the Christian response to pain.
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Unapologetic #17 Mary Jo Sharp: What about suffering?

2022-08-31T17:00:00Z

Apologist Mary Jo Sharp talks to Justin Brierley about the problem of suffering and evil and what answers Christianity offers, based on her new video series ‘Darkroom Faith’.
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Ask NT Wright Anything #131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism… Deconstruction and suffering

2022-08-18T17:00:00Z

Tom offers advice to two people struggling with their faith. One is having doubts during a period of deconstruction, the other can’t get past the problem of suffering.

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