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How Could a Good God Let My Husband Suffer?

2025/5/14
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Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes to polygamy, and how to pray when asked at a family dinner where nobody is a believer.   Topics:

- How should I respond to someone who is struggling with the question of how a good God could let her husband suffer? (00:00)

- How can we know if something is objectively a sin or not, particularly when it comes to polygamy? (25:00)

- What should I say in my prayer when I'm asked to pray at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner where nobody is a believer? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

- The Problem of Pain) by C.S. Lewis

- Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges) by Greg Koukl

- Confessions of a French Atheist: How God Hijacked My Quest to Disprove the Christian Faith) by Guillaume Bignon

Related Links:

- What You Need to Know about Evil and Suffering) by Amy Hall

- If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil) by Randy Alcorn

- What Would Polygamy Do to Society?) by Amy Hall

- Does God Endorse Polygamy?) by Alan Shlemon

- Polygamy in the Bible Is Not Prescriptive) by Robby Lashua