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I Have Been Asked Hundreds Of Times In My Life Why God Allows Tragedy And Suffering. I Have To Confess That I Really Do Not Know The Answer Totally, Even To My Own Satisfaction. I Have To Accept, By Faith, That God Is Sovereign, And He Is A God Of Love And Mercy And Compassion In The Midst Of Suffering.

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I Have Been Asked

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I Have Been Asked Hundreds Of Times In My Life Why God Allows Tragedy And Suffering. I Have To Confess That I Really Do Not Know The Answer Totally, Even To My Own Satisfaction. I Have To Accept, By Faith, That God Is Sovereign, And He Is A God Of Love And Mercy And Compassion In The Midst Of Suffering.

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Finding Yourself

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New Relationship

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Divine Guidance

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Some Of The Greatest Spiritual Revivals In The Past Occurred Just When The Situation Seemed To Be The Darkest. In The History Of Our Own Nation, For Example, Countless Thousands Turned To Christ During The Darkest Days Of The Civil War, Setting The Stage For National Reconciliation Later On.

I Started Out As The President Of A Small College In Minnesota In 1947. And I Had Five Years Of Experience At The College. Then We Went To Los Angeles. And The Press Got To What We Were Doing. And I Went To Boston, Which Is My Next Series Of Meetings. That Was In 1950.

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The Philosopher Says Think Your Way Out. The Sensualist Says Play Your Way Out But None Of It Works.

A Double Minded Man Is Unstable In All His Ways. Are You Unstable About Your Relationship To Christ?

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Self Confidence

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There Comes A Time

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