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Job
The book of Job is not so much about why God allows suffering as it is about how we should respond to suffering. To use the technical, theological terms, it is more theophany (appearance of God in the midst of suffering) than theodicy (theological explanation of suffering). Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955-…
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Job
The book of Job demonstrates once and for all that sin and suffering are not necessarily directly connected to an individual’s sin or lack of sin. The whole point of the book of Job is that, although Job is not perfect (13:26; 14:17), it was not Job’s sin that caused his suffering. Job was ‘blameless…