Vol. 2, No. 3 (Winter 2004)

This issue examines various Christian responses to global suffering, whether it be serving poverty-stricken populations or challenging religious persecution.

The Hidden Faces of Suffering

Robert Seiple Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Western Christians find it easy to hide their faces from suffering and too often offer shallow rationales when incarnational empathy is required.

How Long, O Lord?: A Theological Perspective on Suffering

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Manfred Brauch Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Questions about suffering are questions of the heart, not the head.

Discovering a Deeper Personal Response to Suffering

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John Shaw Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Indifference and an overzealous, over-cognitive problem-solving are two common responses to suffering that fall short of Christ's command to bear one another's burdens.

Patterns and Contexts of Religious Freedom and Persecution

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Paul Marshall Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Western responses to the rise of religious persecution have been hampered by a persistent secular myopia. To take religious freedom seriously, we must take religion seriously.

To Suffer With Our Lord: Christian Responses to Religious Persecution

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Peter Kuzmič Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Awareness of religious persecution and advocacy of religious freedom in the US and the international Christian community has grown.

A Helping Hand and a Clear Witness: The Christian Response to Global Suffering

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Kent Hill Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Christians should be involved in both humanitarian and evangelistic ministries and often do not have to choose between evangelism and meeting the needs of a suffering world.

Compassion with an Attitude: A Humanitarian's View of Human Suffering

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Bryant Myers Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Those who have embraced incarnational empathy give sacrificially, challenge conventional wisdom, and pray.

No Ivory Tower: Christian Learning in a Suffering World

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Philip Eaton Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Christian educators have a legitimate and important place in a suffering world.

Good News: Contemporary Christian Responses to Suffering

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Vinay Samuel Wednesday, 1 December 2004

The Christian response to developing world suffering is strong. Yet there are failures, and room for much improvement.

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