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If God, why suffering?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9702 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Whatever the differences between us as human beings, one thing that we all have in common is our familiarity with pain. Whether you’ve experienced a season of intense suffering in the past, you’re living through it in the present, or it is yet to come, none of us get through life unscathed. No wonder, then, that at some point or another we have all found ourselves with this question on our lips or resounding in our hearts: “Why?! God, if you’re real, how could you let this happen? And what are you going to do about it?” This week on the Ask Away podcast, Vince engages with a deeply personal age-old question that never gets old: “If God, why suffering?” ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0

I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.

0:04.0

I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.

0:08.5

Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.

0:12.0

But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.

0:16.0

And some questions keep us up at night.

0:18.5

Who am I?

0:19.5

Does my life have value?

0:21.2

What determines my identity and purpose?

0:23.7

Is there a God?

0:24.9

Does he care?

0:26.0

What will happen when I die?

0:27.8

Is it even possible to know the truth?

0:29.7

We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.

0:35.8

So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to Ask Away.

0:41.2

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us for this week's episode of Ask Away. If anyone here is a

0:46.3

first-time listener, then welcome. We're so glad to have you checking out the podcast.

0:50.9

And we hope that if you have any burning questions about Christianity, that you'll send

0:55.5

them into us. Vince and I would just absolutely love to hear from you and to know what is on your

1:00.2

hearts. Now last week, Vince and I were chatting about whether God is giving us the silent treatment.

1:06.1

And we're going to be picking up part two of that conversation, actually on the next episode of Ask Away.

1:12.2

But before we get further into that topic, this week we wanted to share with you a talk

1:17.7

of the Vince gave at Creation Fest in Pennsylvania a few years ago on the topic of why would a loving

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