Fuel For Forgiveness
April 21st, 2011 | Published in Theology | 4 Comments
What good is there in suffering and why does it matter?
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April 21st, 2011 | Published in Theology | 4 Comments
What good is there in suffering and why does it matter?
April 21st, 2011at 3:10 pm(#)
Wonderful and thought-provoking.
I am wrestling a bit with your observation that “we experience it (Easter) every time we see triumph over adversity.” Am wondering in what way that might be true…
Is it that such moments remind us of Easter? or…
Is it that Easter is a specific example of that universal narrative theme? or…
Is it that every experience of triumph over adversity in an instance of “Easter all over again” but in different guise? or…
Is it that the Easter story is a means by which we truthfully narrate such experiences? (e.g. Lewis oft-quoted line that he believed in Christianity in the same way he believed in sunlight. Not because he could see it but because by it he could see all things)
Hmmm…
April 21st, 2011at 3:59 pm(#)
Dear Jim-
This came out of a longer piece of writing that you may access here: https://docs.google.com/a//document/pub?id=1tCmwcuS8WMubxztm9Ct6GNyRH7eBfvi5CIKEZ4gfm3U
In Christ,
Mark W. Ingalls
April 21st, 2011at 4:01 pm(#)
… busted link… try this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tCmwcuS8WMubxztm9Ct6GNyRH7eBfvi5CIKEZ4gfm3U/edit#
September 16th, 2011at 9:16 pm(#)
“What would good feel like if not for bad, would good still even feel good?”
Yes, good would still feel good. I think the opposite of your suggestion is true. That we would know good without evil, but we would not know or recognize evil without good.