Issues, etc. regular guest Dr. Reed Lessing and Dr. Andrew Steinman are co-authors of the Issues,

etc. Book of the Month for May, wrestling with God, understanding difficult Old Testament passages.

This new book is published by Concordia Publishing House. Their phone number, 1-800-3253040,

or find out more about wrestling with God at Issuesetc.org.

Wrestling with God, understanding difficult Old Testament passages,

The Issues, Et cetera, Book of the Month.

This is Molly Hemingway of the Federalist,

inviting you to join me for the 26 Issues, etc.,

making the case conference, Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th

at Concordia University, Chicago. I'll be speaking and signing copies of my new book, Alito,

the Justice who reshaped the Supreme Court and restored the U.S. Constitution. Learn more at Issuesetc.org.

Issuesetc.org.

The idea that motherhood is so hard and so exhausting and so taxing, it creates this anti-child dynamic

in our society.

A lot of churches kind of, you know, what they present on a regular basis to their congregations

is sort of what Christians believe, but they don't really focus on the why we believe it.

And as I look at the book of Acts, I mean, everywhere the apostles are going, they're focusing on the what and the why.

I like Esther because I think it speaks to a modern secular society and says to us, don't forget, God is in control,

even at times when you may not be seeing

how he is in control or even thinking about how he is in control, yet he still is in control.

And we are brought before the judgment seat of God, and he is going to render a verdict.

And if he renders a verdict based on our own works, efforts, our own

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