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#32 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith

Ask NT Wright Anything

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The Crucial Moment in Church History

18 year old nephew Joe died unexpectedly at home in front of his father, sister and grandmother. Team of paramedics tried vainly for close to two hours to resuscitate Joe. Half of my brother's family is dead. My mother comes from Italy, born into poverty, suffering during the war. Now she has to deal with this. She's a devout Catholic and performs a rosary almost nightly. Her prayers are simple. She asks God to protect her children and above all her grandchildren. So where was God when my nephew died? Why would a loving God permit this type of horror to affect our family? Why has this prayer been so evidently unanswered? None of it makes any sense to

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