Why President Biden will not attend the royal coronation: A reflection on divine love and human suffering
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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President Biden will not attend the May 6 coronation of King Charles III, though First Lady Jill Biden will. The news story leads Dr. Jim Denison to consider how the true king of the universe is often faulted for evil and suffering attributable to our free will.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, April the 13th, 2023. Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. I'm Chris Elkins with the |
| 0:09.3 | Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. As the May 6th coronation of King Charles |
| 0:16.9 | III and Queen Camilla approaches, we now know that Prince Harry will attend the event, |
| 0:23.1 | though Megan Markle will stay in California for their son's birthday. |
| 0:27.2 | Dozens of world leaders, including First Lady Jill Biden, will attend the event as well. |
| 0:33.0 | However, President Joe Biden will not. |
| 0:35.4 | This decision has angered some British politicians and commentators, |
| 0:39.8 | but it's not a personal snub. Since America's independence from British rule in 1776, |
| 0:45.8 | no sitting U.S. President has ever attended a British coronation. Nor do British monarchs attend |
| 0:52.2 | presidential inaugurations, so far as I can determine. |
| 0:56.0 | According to the British people, their top problems include the economy, health, immigration, the environment, defense, housing, and education. |
| 1:05.9 | What if their new king were all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving? |
| 1:14.0 | How many of these problems could and would he solve? Fewer than we might think, assuming he honors the free will of his subjects. They would still be |
| 1:21.0 | free to spend more than they make, live in unhealthy ways, mistreat the environment, and so on. Only if Great Britain were populated entirely by |
| 1:30.2 | robots programmable by the king, could he solve such problems. The king of the universe is in the same |
| 1:37.3 | position. The Bible is clear on his omnipotence. Psalm 99 verse one states, |
| 1:43.1 | The Lord reigns. Let the people's tremble. His omniscience is equally clear from |
| 1:49.1 | 1 John 3, verse 20. God is greater than our heart and he knows everything. As is his omnibenevolence |
| 1:57.7 | revealed in 1st John 4.8, God is love. However, we know from Matthew 22, 37, through |
| 2:05.6 | 39, that he made us to love him and each other, and that he honors the freedom such love requires. |
| 2:12.6 | As Jesus stated so picturesquely in Revelation 3, verses 20 and 21, |
| 2:19.4 | Behold, I stand at the door and knock. |
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