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Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that includes suffering when that lifetime is a mere hour of eternity?

Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that includes suffering when that lifetime is a mere hour of eternity?

Philip Yancey
Suffering, Comfort, Complaining

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.

Philip Yancey
Suffering, Tragedy, Faith In God
Philip Yancey (1997). “Where Is God When It Hurts?”, p.85, Zondervan

Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the other.

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Jesus, Suffering, Matter
Philip Yancey (2010). “The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide”, p.61, Harper Collins

When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.

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Suffering, Different, Way

When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it.

Philip Yancey
Wall, Suffering, World
Philip Yancey (2010). “What Good is God?: On the Road with Stories of Grace”, p.174, Hachette UK

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