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Joshua 6-7, Psalm 74, Mark 1:21-34, 1 Corinthians 2 Psalm 74: Why do bad things happen to good people? Most of us have asked that question from time to time, and a species of that sort of question frames this psalm. “O God, why do you cast us off forever?” (74:1). The question of this psalm is not so much why do bad things happen to good people, but more why do bad things happen to God’s people. We all know that there is none who is truly righteous, and so in a sense we expect that in this fallen world we will all experience suffering on occasion. But the bigger conundrum for the believer is why God apparently lets bad things happen to his own people. It does indeed sometimes seem as if he has “cast us off.” The psalmist does not so much answer the philosophical question as in practice wrestle with the reality. He firsts ask that God “remember” (74:2).…
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If I were to ask you whether going through this Easter weekend will change your life, what would you say? For many of us, we are so familiar with the stories and have been through the Good Friday to Easter Sunday routine so often that it becomes hard to believe that it will have any…
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