Commemorating My Friend, Brad, a Man of Compassion

The world praises the value of compassion, but not enough. Christian communities do believe in the value and encourage practicing compassion in our lives, but not often as God taught us through the Scriptures and not as He demonstrated it in action. Believers hear about those great achievements of pastors building mega-churches, of missionaries traveling around the world, of Christian writers publishing best-selling books, and of business leaders obtaining financial success, but the significance of compassion and the examples of individuals who practice compassion everyday became too shabby to be decorated on the first page of Christian magazines and even cliché to be preached and celebrated on Sunday church pulpits.

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ReflectionJ.D. Kim
The Origin of Suffering from Genesis Part II

In the previous post, I examined whether brokenness existed before the magnificent creation according to Genesis 1. I concluded that the origin of pain was neither in the will of God, nor in the eternal fellowship of the triune God, nor in God’s actual handiwork, nor in the Creator-creation relationship, nor in the lives of human beings. Suffering was never part of God’s holy and mighty plan. Now, in this post, moving on to Genesis 2 and 3, I will once again assess the cause of brokenness, especially the broken relationship between Yahweh and humanity, and the broken human relationship.

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TheologyJ.D. Kim
The Origin of Suffering from Genesis, Part I

Suffering in life is the universal experience for all human beings, regardless of gender, sex, social class, or culture, even for atheists and theists. Suffering is evil because it is composed of pain, wickedness, burden, weakness, and other negative components. Throughout the history of humanity, religions, philosophies, cultures, societies, and individuals have endeavored to comprehend the cause of suffering, even suggesting that it is the purpose of the common experience of human beings.

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TheologyJ.D. Kim
Thanking you...

Even though this blog is not a published book, I want to acknowledge all the preparation and progressing works that have been contributed to JD Kim Ministries, praying that God may remember each of your endeavor and commitment.

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ReflectionJ.D. Kim