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Published: July 17, 2023, 9:30 a.m.

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According to recent Barna research, reconciling a good God with an evil world is the number one barrier to the Christian faith for the next generation. As parents, if there is an obstacle to our kids\\u2019 faith, we need be prepared with some answers.

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Catherine\\u2019s special guest for this episode is eminently qualified to help us reconcile any difficult question concerning the Christian faith. Dr. Douglas Groothuis is one of the great apologetic voices in the world today. He is the author of 17 books, including Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, Walking through Twilight: A Wife\\u2019s Illness\\u2014A Philosopher\\u2019s Lament, and most recently, Fire in the Streets: How You Can Confidently Respond to Incendiary Cultural Topics. He is currently a professor of philosophy and the head of the apologetics and ethics program at Denver Seminary.

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Dr. Groothuis has a brilliant mind that he has employed for God\\u2019s glory and the good of the church for many decades. But most striking in this conversation is not only how this masterful apologist ponders the great perplexities of life through the lens of our faith, but also how he has employed that faith in the midst of great heartache. Dr. Groothuis shares his own deeply personal experience with suffering in the loss of his late wife, Rebecca. His thoughts are deep, and his journey is powerful and poignant.

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Every worldview must wrestle with the problem of evil. The Christian worldview provides philosophical and theological answers that are rational and that resonate with the human experience. But most of all, our faith provides hope, meaning, and redemption in life\\u2019s heartache. As Dr. Groothuis says, \\u201cWe can smelt meaning out of suffering.\\u201d \\xa0

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RESOURCES:

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Dr. Douglas Groothuis website

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Truth Tribe with Douglas Groothuis (podcast)

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Dr. Groothuis speaking request

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BOOKS REFERENCED:

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Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith \\xa0(2nd ed.) by Dr. Douglas Groothuis

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Walking through Twilight: A Wife\\u2019s Illness\\u2014A Philosopher\\u2019s Lament by Dr. Douglas Groothuis

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RESEARCHED REFERENCED:

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Emerging Gen Z May Deliver Huge Blow to Religion in U.S. (Baptist News Global, 6/8/18)

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SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:

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Gen. 50:20

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Isaiah 50:4

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1 Kings 19

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John 11:35

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Romans 8:28

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John 6:68-69

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