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He Split the Sea for Them. Why Not for Me?
An honest look at the distance between the exodus and the ordinary unanswered prayer.
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Hard ones, answered slowly
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Do the Proverbs Promise Things That Do Not Come True
Proverbs says the righteous prosper and children trained rightly stay the course, and many faithful people have seen the opposite; what then is the book claiming?
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If God Works All Things for Good, Why Does So Much Go Wrong
An honest look at Romans 8:28 from the side of the person for whom things have not worked out.
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If Jesus Prayed for Unity, Why Is the Church So Divided?
The prayer of John 17 seems to have gone unanswered for two thousand years, and honest believers should ask why.
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Why Does God Not Speak to Me the Way He Spoke to Samuel
An honest look at the silence many believers experience, and at what the Bible actually says about hearing God.
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Do James and Paul Contradict Each Other on Justification?
Paul says we are justified by faith apart from works, and James says a person is justified by works and not by faith alone, and both claim Abraham as proof.
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Can You Believe and Doubt at the Same Time
A father in Mark 9 said yes, and Jesus healed his son anyway
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If God Supplies Every Need, Why Do Christians Go Hungry
Paul promises that God will meet all your needs, and many believers have starved; the tension deserves an honest answer rather than a quick one.
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If God Promised, Why Did It Take Twenty-Five Years
Delay is one of the most common reasons believers begin to doubt, and Abraham's story faces it head-on without pretending the waiting was easy.
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Can a Thinking Person Believe in Miracles
A slow answer to the objection that the healings and feedings in Mark belong to a pre-scientific world.
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Do You Not Care That We Are Drowning
The disciples' question in the storm is one many believers have asked, and it deserves a slow, honest answer.
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If God Is My Shepherd, Why Does He Lead Me Into the Valley
Psalm 23 raises the hardest question in the Christian life and answers it more honestly than we sometimes do