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June 14, 2016 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: innocent, Job, suffering

Job’s question about shooters gone wild

WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, I often turn to the book of Job because he tends to ask God the tough questions we’re thinking. He doesn’t always do it with courtesy and a gentle touch. Why should he? He has just lost all of his children in a windstorm, all of …

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January 13, 2014 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, books, called to the ministry, christian, Christianity, freelance, God's will, good deeds, helping, helping others, homelessness, poverty, preaching, purpose in life, Stephen M. Miller, street preacher, suffering

Human suffering: God shoulda known better

IT’S THE BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from a hardcore Republican friend of mine, Tom Troyer. We’ve tussled plenty over social and political matters. Why not religious, too? Tom gets a free book for asking the question. Here’s his …

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sad woman
August 19, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, God, healing, sick, suffering

Nancy L.: ‘I wish I could just die’

IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It’s wrenching enough. But it’s made even more so for me because it comes from a friend. Here’s the question I got on Friday from Nancy L. “Why does God seem to allow His people to suffer? Even when He sees they are …

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July 29, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: Christianity, faith, helping others, sickness, suffering

When suffering slams our faith through the wall

IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Collette, whom I’ll identifying only by her first name—because her question is so personal. Let me give you a heads up about why I picked this question. It’s not only because I have a little experience in …

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July 15, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: God, helping others, hurt, pain, suffering

For the brokenhearted, where is God?

IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Dini Garcia in Florida. She gets a free book for asking a question that made the cut for the Monday Question of the Week feature. Here’s her question: I have a friend who has had a terrible loss. As a …

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Boston Marathon bombing.
April 16, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bombs, christian, God, suffering, violence

Where is God when the bombs explode?

I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. I was still dealing with pushback from yesterday morning’s blog post titled, “Where is God when bullets fly?” and then up pops the news flash: Bomber strikes Boston Marathon. A childhood friend of mine was hoping to run in that …

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April 15, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bombs, christian, God, suffering, violence

Where is God when bullets fly?

IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Erin Drew, who wins a free book for her trouble. The recent tragedy in Connecticut [a shooting that killed 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook Elementary School] brought up this question from my fiancé, …

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April 11, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: God, suffering

I’ve got my eye on you, God

THERE’S A SPARROW ten feet from my head. It’s perched on a budding redbud tree outside the window of my second-story home office. Buddy the Dog lies sprawled on the carpeted floor behind me, eyes closed. So the sparrow can rest in peace on its …

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March 12, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, death, dying, God, suffering

God, at the end of the road

I HAVE TWO FAVORITE Bible passages. They’ve been with me for most of my life. I’ll share one of them with you today. I’m going to let you read it the way I read it the first time, from The Living Bible—which has long since been replaced by the New …

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March 11, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: christians, doormat, oppression., suffering

Christians in business: Doormats R Us?

IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Tracy T. He wins a book from this inventory for his trouble. I entered into a verbal contract with a business colleague who, after only one month, changed his end of the deal radically but still expects me …

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December 18, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bible study, christian, God, shooting, suffering, violence

Spiritual Rx for the shooter’s family

WHERE CAN the shooter’s family and friends turn for support? I’ve been wondering this. Shooters, bombers, and other mega-killers leave behind family and friends who loved them in spite of the sickness or perhaps the darkness within them. If we’re a …

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December 17, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bible study, christian, God, suffering, violence

Can’t Almighty God stop a shooter?

PICTURE GOD as he: sits on a cloud watches a shooter kill kindergarten children does nothing about it. Who wants to worship a god like that? Heck, who wants to give him a capital G? Anyone in heaven or on earth who has the power to stop the shooter …

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