Please contemplate and write a paper on suffering. Please follow Paper Writing Instructions EXCEPT - no cover page. Just write your name in ink on the top right corner. Please include one Biblical text in your paper as a source. Below are some questions to ponder as you think about your views and some resources you may wish to consider as you think and prepare. The next post is an exam preparation post.
Questions:
Where do you believe suffering came from?
In what ways have you suffered and what did you learn from it?
What comforted you during your suffering?
What character in Shadowlands could you use to illustrate suffering in your paper?
Where is God in our suffering?
When we discover we have caused suffering, what should we do?
Resources
A few years ago a friend wrote and asked why God made him suffer, here is one person's answer to the origin of suffering, click here to read
Scriptures we have considered:
John 14:15-17
Rom 8:18
Rom 8:26-28
Rom 5:1-5
Psalm 46
Psalm 23
1Peter 5:6-11