Suffering: Mystery and presence, the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, rediscovering lament and the Gethsemane prayer
Matters of Life and Death
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The Christian Approach to Suffering
I've always struggled with the idea that somehow we can kind of meditate our way above the pain. Moderns see it as a theological apologetic problem to be solved, he says. In contrast Christianity takes suffering desperately seriously and it's seen as an important reality which we have to come to terms with. We're saying that some kind of ancient other fake perspectives are about seeing suffering and is allusion to be transcended.
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