Johnny Gaudreau’s widow gives birth 7 months after his death: A mathematical reflection on the cross and God’s love
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 9 April 2025
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Meredith Gaudreau gave birth to her third baby, son Carter Michael Gaudreau, on Tuesday, April 1. This seven months after his father, Johnny Gaudreau, was killed while biking alongside his NHL star brother Matthew. Their sister was to be married the next day. Stories like these always raise the hardest of faith questions. During this Easter season, it’s customary to remember the events that led to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. We know the facts of the story and the motive behind them: “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Today, we look at the weight of that truth for all of humanity.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, April 9th, 2025. |
| 0:05.7 | Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder, CEO and theologian, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:18.9 | Meredith Goddrow gave birth to her third baby, son Carter Michael Goddrow, on Tuesday, April |
| 0:25.3 | 1st. |
| 0:26.3 | He was just one of approximately 368,000 babies born that day. |
| 0:31.9 | But here's what made his birth so newsworthy. |
| 0:34.8 | It came seven months after his father, Johnny Godreau, was killed while biking |
| 0:40.6 | alongside his NHL star brother, Matthew. Their sister was to be married the next day. Three |
| 0:47.4 | months ago, Madeline Goddrow welcomed her first baby boy, Tripp Matthew, four months after his father |
| 0:54.1 | Matthews's death. |
| 0:55.3 | It's difficult to imagine a more horrific story. |
| 0:58.3 | The two brothers were killed when a driver suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, |
| 1:03.4 | attempted to pass another car, and fatally struck them. |
| 1:07.2 | The driver was charged with two counts of death by auto and arrested. Police say the investigation |
| 1:12.7 | is ongoing. Stories like these always raised the hardest of faith questions. As you know, |
| 1:19.4 | Christians believe that God is all knowing, God is all powerful, God is all loving, and yet |
| 1:26.4 | innocent suffering exists. If you believe what the Bible says |
| 1:30.2 | about God's omniscient ability to see the future, as referenced by Isaiah 46 versus 8 through 10, |
| 1:36.9 | you therefore believe that he saw the Goddrow's deaths before they happen. If you believe what the |
| 1:42.4 | Bible says about his omnipotent ability to intervene in our world miraculously, |
| 1:47.6 | noted by Psalm 77, verse 14, you therefore believe he had the power to prevent the collision that |
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