🙈 Divine Absence

Meditations on the silence of God — stories and reflections that confront the ache of unanswered prayers, spiritual desolation, and the search for meaning when heaven feels empty.

Man Is Not Alone

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

4.41

690

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

Man Is Not Alone 90%

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951

4.41

690 ratings

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

Reaching For The Invisible God - What Can We Expect To Find?

by Philip Yancey • 2000

What if doubt isn't weak faith, but the framework faith needs to stay alive?

4.17

3k+

🕊️ Christian Spirituality ❓ Doubt And Faith 🌧️ Suffering And Faith

Reaching For The Invisible God - What Can We Expect To Find? Summary

Reaching For The Invisible God - What Can We Expect To Find? 88%

What if doubt isn't weak faith, but the framework faith needs to stay alive?

by Philip Yancey 2000

4.17

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Spirituality ❓ Doubt And Faith 🌧️ Suffering And Faith

Gravity and Grace

by Simone Weil • 1947

The soul falls by its own weight. Grace lifts those who cease demanding that suffering make sense.

4.26

4k+

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 📖 Philosophical Theology 🧘 Spiritual Detachment

Gravity and Grace 88%

The soul falls by its own weight. Grace lifts those who cease demanding that suffering make sense.

by Simone Weil 1947

4.26

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 📖 Philosophical Theology 🧘 Spiritual Detachment

The Book of Job

by Anonymous

A righteous man loses everything and demands to know why his friends call it justice.

4.22

5k+

🏛️ Wisdom Literature 📜 Biblical Poetry ⚖️ Problem Of Evil

The Book of Job 88%

A righteous man loses everything and demands to know why his friends call it justice.

by Anonymous

4.22

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Wisdom Literature 📜 Biblical Poetry ⚖️ Problem Of Evil

How to Pray

by C.S. Lewis • 2018

C.S. Lewis on prayer: no machinery, no magic words, just a real Person meeting real persons.

4.15

1k+

🙏 Christian Prayer ⛪️ Anglican Spirituality 📖 Devotional Practice

How to Pray 88%

C.S. Lewis on prayer: no machinery, no magic words, just a real Person meeting real persons.

by C.S. Lewis 2018

4.15

1k+ ratings

🙏 Christian Prayer ⛪️ Anglican Spirituality 📖 Devotional Practice

Where is God in a Coronavirus World?

by John C. Lennox • 2020

The problem of evil just went global. An Oxford mathematician on why atheism has no answer.

4.05

857

🤔 Problem Of Evil 💔 Faith And Suffering 📚 Modern Apologetics

Where is God in a Coronavirus World? Summary

Where is God in a Coronavirus World? 87%

The problem of evil just went global. An Oxford mathematician on why atheism has no answer.

by John C. Lennox 2020

4.05

857 ratings

🤔 Problem Of Evil 💔 Faith And Suffering 📚 Modern Apologetics

Hope in the Dark

by Craig Groeschel • 2018

Doubt is not faith's enemy: your hardest questions can lead you closer to God.

4.38

3k+

🤔 Doubt And Faith 🤼 Wrestling With God ⏳ Waiting On God

Hope in the Dark 87%

Doubt is not faith's enemy: your hardest questions can lead you closer to God.

by Craig Groeschel 2018

4.38

3k+ ratings

🤔 Doubt And Faith 🤼 Wrestling With God ⏳ Waiting On God

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas

by Harold S. Kushner • 1981

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

4.03

20k+

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas Summary

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas 87%

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

by Harold S. Kushner 1981

4.03

20k+ ratings

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Theodicy of Love

by John C. Peckham • 2018

Love requires freedom, freedom permits evil, and the cross is God taking the blame.

4.70

145

😈 Problem Of Evil 🕊️ Free Will Theodicy ⚔️ Cosmic Conflict Theology

Theodicy of Love 87%

Love requires freedom, freedom permits evil, and the cross is God taking the blame.

by John C. Peckham 2018

4.70

145 ratings

😈 Problem Of Evil 🕊️ Free Will Theodicy ⚔️ Cosmic Conflict Theology

God

by Dan Barker • 2016

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

3.90

838

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature

God 87%

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

by Dan Barker 2016

3.90

838 ratings

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature

God's Problem

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2008

Every biblical theodicy, from punishment to apocalypse, falls apart under a scholar's scrutiny.

3.95

6k+

📖 Biblical Studies ⚖️ Theodicy 🔍 Biblical Criticism

God's Problem 87%

Every biblical theodicy, from punishment to apocalypse, falls apart under a scholar's scrutiny.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2008

3.95

6k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Studies ⚖️ Theodicy 🔍 Biblical Criticism

The Experience of God

by David Bentley Hart • 2013

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

The Experience of God 87%

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

by David Bentley Hart 2013

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

Very Little...Almost Nothing

by Simon Critchley • 2004

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

3.89

132

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Very Little...Almost Nothing 87%

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

by Simon Critchley 2004

3.89

132 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Thoughts in Solitude

by Thomas Merton • 1956

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

4.02

3k+

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

Thoughts in Solitude 87%

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

by Thomas Merton 1956

4.02

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

New Seeds of Contemplation

by Thomas Merton • 1962

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

4.27

9k+

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

New Seeds of Contemplation 87%

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

by Thomas Merton 1962

4.27

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

Reading Genesis

by Marilynne Robinson • 2024

Genesis is not history. It is a sustained argument for God's goodness, centuries in the making.

4.01

2k+

🔍 Biblical Exegesis 🌘 Theodicy 📖 Literary Theology

Reading Genesis 87%

Genesis is not history. It is a sustained argument for God's goodness, centuries in the making.

by Marilynne Robinson 2024

4.01

2k+ ratings

🔍 Biblical Exegesis 🌘 Theodicy 📖 Literary Theology

The Word in the Wilderness

by Malcolm Guite • 2014

Speed has flattened our spiritual lives. Slow poetry restores depth to the wilderness of Lent.

4.58

1k+

🌿 Lenten Reflections ✍️ Poetry And Faith 📖 Lectio Divina

The Word in the Wilderness 87%

Speed has flattened our spiritual lives. Slow poetry restores depth to the wilderness of Lent.

by Malcolm Guite 2014

4.58

1k+ ratings

🌿 Lenten Reflections ✍️ Poetry And Faith 📖 Lectio Divina

None Like Him

by Jen Wilkin • 2016

Ten attributes of God that dismantle our drive to control and invite us into humble rest.

4.52

14k+

🌌 God'S Attributes 👑 Sovereignty Of God 🙇 Fear Of The Lord

None Like Him 87%

Ten attributes of God that dismantle our drive to control and invite us into humble rest.

by Jen Wilkin 2016

4.52

14k+ ratings

🌌 God'S Attributes 👑 Sovereignty Of God 🙇 Fear Of The Lord

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

by Timothy J. Keller • 2013

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

4.49

6k+

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering Summary

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering 87%

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

by Timothy J. Keller 2013

4.49

6k+ ratings

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

Trusting God in the Darkness

by Christopher Ash • 2004

Blameless suffering shatters clichés. Job trades explanation for a God who enters the storm.

4.53

314

🌪️ Problem Of Evil 📜 Biblical Wisdom Literature 🩹 Christian Suffering

Trusting God in the Darkness 87%

Blameless suffering shatters clichés. Job trades explanation for a God who enters the storm.

by Christopher Ash 2004

4.53

314 ratings

🌪️ Problem Of Evil 📜 Biblical Wisdom Literature 🩹 Christian Suffering

The Courage to Be

by Paul Tillich • 1952

Anxiety is the awareness you might not exist. Courage is the act that says yes anyway.

4.09

4k+

✝️ Existential Theology 😰 Existential Anxiety 🙏 Faith And Doubt

The Courage to Be 87%

Anxiety is the awareness you might not exist. Courage is the act that says yes anyway.

by Paul Tillich 1952

4.09

4k+ ratings

✝️ Existential Theology 😰 Existential Anxiety 🙏 Faith And Doubt

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris • 2006

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

3.99

43k+

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil

Letter to a Christian Nation 87%

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

by Sam Harris 2006

3.99

43k+ ratings

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil

Word in the Wilderness

by Malcolm Guite • 2014

A poem a day for Lent: let language restore what routine has worn thin.

4.51

🕯️ Lenten Readings 📖 Poetry Devotionals 🧘 Contemplative Prayer

Word in the Wilderness 87%

A poem a day for Lent: let language restore what routine has worn thin.

by Malcolm Guite 2014

4.51

39 ratings

🕯️ Lenten Readings 📖 Poetry Devotionals 🧘 Contemplative Prayer

All That Is in God

by James E. Dolezal • 2017

God without parts, without change, without time: classical theism's case against a God who needs us.

4.47

986

📖 Doctrine Of God 🏛️ Classical Theism 🔓 Open Theism

All That Is in God 87%

God without parts, without change, without time: classical theism's case against a God who needs us.

by James E. Dolezal 2017

4.47

986 ratings

📖 Doctrine Of God 🏛️ Classical Theism 🔓 Open Theism

The Sin of Certainty

by Peter Enns • 2016

The Bible's most faithful people were its biggest doubters, and God didn't rebuke them for it.

4.25

5k+

🏳️ Progressive Christianity 🔧 Faith Deconstruction 🌑 Dark Night Of The Soul

The Sin of Certainty 87%

The Bible's most faithful people were its biggest doubters, and God didn't rebuke them for it.

by Peter Enns 2016

4.25

5k+ ratings

🏳️ Progressive Christianity 🔧 Faith Deconstruction 🌑 Dark Night Of The Soul

Where Is God in All the Suffering?

by Amy Orr-Ewing • 2020

Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.

4.22

218

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology

Where Is God in All the Suffering? Summary

Where Is God in All the Suffering? 86%

Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.

by Amy Orr-Ewing 2020

4.22

218 ratings

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology

Blessed Are the Misfits

by Brant Hansen • 2017

Feelings dry, prayers wandering, doubts circling: exactly the kind of person Jesus recruited.

4.56

3k+

🧘 Introvert Spirituality ⛪ Church Culture 🌵 Spiritual Dryness

Blessed Are the Misfits 86%

Feelings dry, prayers wandering, doubts circling: exactly the kind of person Jesus recruited.

by Brant Hansen 2017

4.56

3k+ ratings

🧘 Introvert Spirituality ⛪ Church Culture 🌵 Spiritual Dryness

Invitation to Solitude and Silence

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2004

Your desperation is the doorway. Sit still in silence and let God do the rest.

4.35

3k+

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Invitation to Solitude and Silence Summary

Invitation to Solitude and Silence 86%

Your desperation is the doorway. Sit still in silence and let God do the rest.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2004

4.35

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🌱 Spiritual Formation

God Does His Best Work with Empty

by Nancy Guthrie • 2020

Loss and loneliness are not signs of God's absence but the places he comes closest.

4.48

2k+

😰 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Christian Living 😢 Grief And Loss

God Does His Best Work with Empty Summary

God Does His Best Work with Empty 86%

Loss and loneliness are not signs of God's absence but the places he comes closest.

by Nancy Guthrie 2020

4.48

2k+ ratings

😰 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Christian Living 😢 Grief And Loss

Time for God

by Jacques Philippe • 2005

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

4.60

3k+

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer

Time for God 86%

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

by Jacques Philippe 2005

4.60

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer

It Happens After Prayer

by H.B. Charles Jr. • 2013

Prayer is a command and a privilege. How to keep praying when nothing seems to happen.

4.29

251

🙏 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👑 God'S Sovereignty

It Happens After Prayer 86%

Prayer is a command and a privilege. How to keep praying when nothing seems to happen.

by H.B. Charles Jr. 2013

4.29

251 ratings

🙏 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👑 God'S Sovereignty

Plan B

by Pete Wilson • 2010

When the life you planned collapses, the faith practices that rebuild from the rubble.

4.08

1k+

🏠 Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Growth ✝️ Suffering And Faith

Plan B 86%

When the life you planned collapses, the faith practices that rebuild from the rubble.

by Pete Wilson 2010

4.08

1k+ ratings

🏠 Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Growth ✝️ Suffering And Faith

Union with God

by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen • 2019

Your prayer runs dry, and you think you have failed. A sixteenth-century mystic says otherwise.

4.63

🕊️ Catholic Mysticism 🇪🇸 Spanish Mysticism 📖 Mystical Theology

Union with God 86%

Your prayer runs dry, and you think you have failed. A sixteenth-century mystic says otherwise.

by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen 2019

4.63

59 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Mysticism 🇪🇸 Spanish Mysticism 📖 Mystical Theology

The Orthodox Way

by Kallistos Ware • 1979

God is entered, not explained: an Orthodox introduction to the path into divine mystery.

4.41

4k+

☦️ Orthodox Christianity 🌫️ Apophatic Theology 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

The Orthodox Way 86%

God is entered, not explained: an Orthodox introduction to the path into divine mystery.

by Kallistos Ware 1979

4.41

4k+ ratings

☦️ Orthodox Christianity 🌫️ Apophatic Theology 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis • 1427

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

4.24

27k+

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

The Imitation of Christ 86%

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

4.24

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

God, Freedom, and Evil

by Alvin Plantinga • 1973

Why an all-powerful God cannot create a world of free, flawless creatures.

4.04

1k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion ✝️ Theodicy 🕊️ Free Will Defense

God, Freedom, and Evil 86%

Why an all-powerful God cannot create a world of free, flawless creatures.

by Alvin Plantinga 1973

4.04

1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion ✝️ Theodicy 🕊️ Free Will Defense

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools

by Tyler Staton • 2022

The raw, rhythmic, secret prayer that begins in silence and makes a life look foolish.

4.57

16k+

🧘 Contemplative Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🏃‍♂️ Hurry Sickness

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools Summary

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools 86%

The raw, rhythmic, secret prayer that begins in silence and makes a life look foolish.

by Tyler Staton 2022

4.57

16k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🏃‍♂️ Hurry Sickness

A Praying Life

by Paul E. Miller • 2009

Why helplessness, not discipline, unlocks prayer, and how cynicism quietly kills it.

4.35

19k+

🛐 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👶 Childlike Faith

A Praying Life 86%

Why helplessness, not discipline, unlocks prayer, and how cynicism quietly kills it.

by Paul E. Miller 2009

4.35

19k+ ratings

🛐 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👶 Childlike Faith

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 86%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

No Nonsense Spirituality

by Brittney Hartley • 2024

Spirituality without God or woo: a practical path to meaning built on awe, connection, and science.

4.44

843

🌿 Secular Spirituality 🤔 Existentialism 🕯️ Ritual Design

No Nonsense Spirituality 86%

Spirituality without God or woo: a practical path to meaning built on awe, connection, and science.

by Brittney Hartley 2024

4.44

843 ratings

🌿 Secular Spirituality 🤔 Existentialism 🕯️ Ritual Design

No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton • 1955

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

4.16

5k+

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

No Man Is an Island 86%

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

by Thomas Merton 1955

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

Knowledge and Christian Belief

by Alvin Plantinga • 2015

What if Christian belief needs no arguments to be rational? The real fight is over truth.

4.10

656

📚 Philosophy Of Religion 🧠 Religious Epistemology ✝️ Reformed Epistemology

Knowledge and Christian Belief 86%

What if Christian belief needs no arguments to be rational? The real fight is over truth.

by Alvin Plantinga 2015

4.10

656 ratings

📚 Philosophy Of Religion 🧠 Religious Epistemology ✝️ Reformed Epistemology

The Wounded Healer

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1971

Why the most effective ministers are also the most wounded, and loneliness is their qualification.

4.23

13k+

🩹 Pastoral Care 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🛤️ Inner Journey

The Wounded Healer 86%

Why the most effective ministers are also the most wounded, and loneliness is their qualification.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1971

4.23

13k+ ratings

🩹 Pastoral Care 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🛤️ Inner Journey

Vertical Church

by James MacDonald • 2012

The modern church has lost something: the lived reality of God at work. What brings it back.

3.96

750

⛪ Church Renewal 🔥 God'S Presence 🙌 Corporate Worship

Vertical Church 86%

The modern church has lost something: the lived reality of God at work. What brings it back.

by James MacDonald 2012

3.96

750 ratings

⛪ Church Renewal 🔥 God'S Presence 🙌 Corporate Worship

Rumi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1950

All religions seek one light; the real path is dying to self to live in it.

3.88

🌀 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry ✨ Mystical Poetry

Rumi 86%

All religions seek one light; the real path is dying to self to live in it.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1950

3.88

80 ratings

🌀 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry ✨ Mystical Poetry

The Power of Silence

by Robert Sarah • 2016

We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.

4.41

3k+

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Power of Silence 86%

We use noise to hide from ourselves. A cardinal's case for silence as the way back.

by Robert Sarah 2016

4.41

3k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Idea of the Holy

by Rudolf Otto • 1917

Before religion was rules or reason, it was an encounter with something terrifying and magnetic.

4.03

2k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Comparative Religion 🔬 Phenomenology Of Religion

The Idea of the Holy 86%

Before religion was rules or reason, it was an encounter with something terrifying and magnetic.

by Rudolf Otto 1917

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Comparative Religion 🔬 Phenomenology Of Religion

Job

by Christopher Ash • 2014

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

4.65

286

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering

Job 86%

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

by Christopher Ash 2014

4.65

286 ratings

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering

The Problem of Pain

by C.S. Lewis • 1940

Suffering is the cost of free will in a world where love perfects rather than pampers.

4.13

75k+

⚖️ Theodicy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🍎 Original Sin

The Problem of Pain 86%

Suffering is the cost of free will in a world where love perfects rather than pampers.

by C.S. Lewis 1940

4.13

75k+ ratings

⚖️ Theodicy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🍎 Original Sin

Faith, Hope and Poetry

by Malcolm Guite • 2010

Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.

4.64

121

📖 Theology And Poetry 🧠 Poetic Knowledge 👁 Sacramental Vision

Faith, Hope and Poetry 86%

Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.

by Malcolm Guite 2010

4.64

121 ratings

📖 Theology And Poetry 🧠 Poetic Knowledge 👁 Sacramental Vision

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