Hey friends, Alisa Childers here.

Many people, even many Christians, struggle with the question of how a good God could

allow so much evil and suffering in the world.

Some have abandoned their faith altogether because of this difficult question.

Today, we're going to talk with Dr. Medine Keener about the amazing story of what she

endured living as a war refugee for 18 months in her home country of the Congo and how

she ultimately was able to trust God in the midst of great suffering.

I am so excited for you to meet my guest today.

Medine Keener is married to New Testament scholar Craig Keener and the story of how they met

and ended up getting married as told in their book, Impossible Love, The True Story of

an African Civil War miracles and Hope Against All Odds.

This book, I just have to say, this book impacted me very deeply.

I was touched and just inspired to be closer to God to just love him with all I am and

give him all that I am.

So the second I finished reading it, I had to email Medine and ask her to come on the

podcast to share a bit of her story.

Now, their love story is definitely not typical.

She is originally from the Republic of Congo and Craig is American.

I don't want to give too much of their story away just yet, but Medine spent 18 months as

a war refugee after civil war broke out in her home country.

And this war had to do with tribalism and ethnocentrism.

And so one of the things that Craig and Medine are passionate about is working together

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