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#51 Pain and suffering Part 1

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#51 Pain and suffering Part 1

January 21, 2021
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Tom shares his thoughts on the difficult questions listeners have around issues such as dementia, death, the global pandemic and whether God himself suffers.

NT Wright speaking with Miroslaf Volf on weeping, waiting and working with God in the pandemic https://faith.yale.edu/media/n-t-wright-on-weeping-waiting-and-working-with-god-in-the-pandemic

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