Why Would an All-loving God Allow Suffering? How to Suffer Well through Christian Faith
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Audio/Visual
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Category
Suffering and Faith
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Publication Year
2018
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all-loving god, allow suffering, anxiety, challenge, courage, Faith, following the holy spirit, fr. robert spitzer, holy spirit, how to suffer, human freedom, life, los angeles, managing anxiety, opportunities in suffering, religious education congress, resurrection perspective, rise up, self-actualization, self-sacrifice, spontaneous prayers, suffering, suffering well, vulnerability, young people, youth
Description
The problem of suffering presents a significant obstacle to faith among many young people, because they do not understand why a loving God would allow it – and they do not know how to suffer well. In this audio lecture, Fr. Robert Spitzer explains the five steps of how to transform suffering into faith: the Resurrection perspective; spontaneous prayers; managing anxiety; optimizing the opportunities in suffering; and following the Holy Spirit. He then addresses how to help young people understand why God would allow suffering – the conditions of human freedom as well as the need for challenge, vulnerability, courage and self-sacrifice in human self-actualization.
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