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What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?

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Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to r...more

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Why do I make room in my mind for such filth and nonsense? Do I hope that if feeling disguises itself as thought I shall feel less? Aren't all these n...more

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They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?

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We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I...more

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Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.

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And this new air was so delicious, and all his old life seemed so far away, that he forgot for a moment about his bruises and his aching muscles.

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You would like to know how I behave when I am experiencing pain, not writing books about it. You need not guess, for I will tell you; I am a great cow...more

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It is for people we care nothing about that we demand happiness on any terms: with our friends, our lovers, our children we are exacting and would rat...more

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[But] we inherit a whole system of desires which do not necessarily contribute God's will but which, after centuries of usurped autonomy steadfastly i...more

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Some modern theologians have, quite rightly, protested against an excessively moralistic interpretation of Christianity. The Holiness of God is someth...more

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Do we suppose that they can do Him any good or fear, like the chorus in MIlton, that human irreverence can bring about. His glory's diminution? A man ...more

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The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word ...more

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It is mere nonsense to put pain among the discoveries of science. Lay down this book and reflect for five minutes on the fact that all the great relig...more

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The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we a...more