Embodied hope, a theological meditation on pain and suffering Craig L Blomberg Affection is often a neglected

Affection is often a neglected theme in our generation of Bible believing Christians

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Embodied hope, a theological meditation on pain and suffering Craig L Blomberg Affection is often a neglected"This book will make no attempt to defend God. . . . If you are looking for a book that boasts triumphantly of conquest over a great enemy, or gives a detached philosophical analysis that neatly solves an absorbing problem, this isn't it." Too often the Christian attitude toward suffering is characterized by a detached academic appeal to God's sovereignty, as if suffering were a game or a math problem. Or maybe we expect that since God is good,