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Lesson OneSuffering Comes With The Freedom To Choose5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoSuffering Reveals What Is In Our Hearts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeSuffering Takes Us To The Edge Of Eternity5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourGod Can Turn Suffering Around For Our Good5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FivePain Can Warn Us Of Danger5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixIn Times Of Crisis We Find One Another5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenSuffering Gives Opportunity To Trust God5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightPain Loosens Our Grip On This Life5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineGod Suffers With Us In Our Suffering5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenGod's Comfort Is Greater Than Our Suffering5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Douglas Geivett said, “A great deal of responsibility for suffering or for evil generally in the world today is rooted in how we exercise the freedom we have.” What are evidences you have seen of the connection between the freedom to choose and human suffering?
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I feel like I, and most of us here, could write a book about this. It is endless and it makes me sad. But as an educator I see the choices so many parents make and the eefect it has on theor kids. NOw I am not the best parent, shoot I couldn’t begin to count the amount times I have made mistakes that have negatively affected my kids and caused them to suffer (there is nothing major, just the kids feeling bad). But there are numerous cases where parents do or will not monitor what their kids are watching or listening to. And then these kids bring what they learned to school and as a result, caused broken friendships, lots of anger, suspensions and even expulsion. It sends the family into chaos without them realizing what the root of the problem – the choices they made
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Adam and Eve had the power to choose. They chose to eat the fruit they were told not to. Because of that, famine, pain, family conflict, and death entered the world. The earth groans under the weight of human sin. Today, we still choose. We have the capacity to choose great good or great evil. We all sometimes choose to hurt others- even if it is just being harsh when a soft answer would do. We are hurt people, and we hurt people.
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Choosing to drive while under the influence can cause suffering not only for you who made that choice, but also the hundreds of people who loved and will now grieve for the one who was killed because of your choice.
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While given the freedom to choose, we see that there are consequences for not choosing to follow and glorify God. For example, I could decide that I want to try a narcotic. There is freedom in that choice for me. If I do use it, it may lead to an addiction which would be considered an idol. The drug may then have power over me resulting in a cascade of different events causing suffering. I could have easily avoided much of this with a different choice, but that’s the cost of having freedom to choose. We are allowed to make mistakes. Thanks be to God for providing us a way out from our bad choices
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When abortion is chosen a life is lost. The parent is often left scarred with; guilt, physical injuries (including infertility), relentless grief, a horrible feeling of being unworthy of God’s provision and feeling she can never be forgiven.
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In response to Dr. Paul Brand’s statement, would you exchange your freedom to choose in order to enjoy freedom from pain?
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It would be right ot have the freedom of choice than to live a life without any choices
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I cannot imagine not having free choice, the agony over never being truly free, what an awful, robotic, sensless life. We can learn so much more about ourselves through our pain and suffering, building character and hopefully a better person because of it. No, I do wish any of pain on anyone and I could use a little less than what I have experienced. But it has brought me closer to God and made me more in awe of Him when it does happen
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There are times when I think I would. I know the man in the video said no one has ever chosen that, but if I could choose to lose my freedom and never cause another person pain or feel pain wouldn’t it be worth it? Plus, if I give my freedom to God, who is a good God, then wouldn’t he always choose good for me? Making choices is a constant burden when we make the wrong ones. So, is choosing no freedom the same as choosing perfection? The downside is that no freedom would also equal no relationship.
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Although having no pain would be wonderful, having no freedom of choice would take the joy out of our lives as well. I wouldn’t want to live a life where every step is directed.
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That is a huge question to ponder. While I would love to be pain free, not having the freedom to make choices would change who I am completely. I think we call those robots. Pain is essential to helping us make good choices while still having the freedom to make the choice.
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Ravi Zacharias said, “Love cannot be brought about by robotic coercion; it has to be done by freedom of will.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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