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Not Every Question Needs an Answer

traditional wisdom

There is a kind of spiritual maturity that learns to live with unanswered questions without demanding that God explain Himself on our timetable. “Not every honest question is a crisis of faith.” Some questions are simply the appropriate response of a finite mind standing in front of an infinite God.

How you’d preach it

Helpful in pastoral or teaching settings when people demand tidy explanations for suffering or mystery. Models humility.

  • Humility
  • Suffering
  • Faith

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