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020			_a 9781414343631
040			_cSPU
050			_aBT161 _b.L88 2006
100			_a Lutzer, Erwin W.
245			_aWhere was God? : _banswers to tough questions about God and natural disasters / _cErwin W. Lutzer.
260			_aCarol Stream, Ill. : _bTyndale House Publishers, _c 2006.
300			_axvii,118 p. ; _c19 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aIntroduction : a heart for the hurting -- Dare we search for answers? -- The earthquake that shook Europe -- An interpretation, please! -- Is this the best of all possible worlds? -- The Christian hope -- Wind, rain, and a collapsed house -- Is God responsible? -- Should we absolve God of responsibility? -- Calamities in the Bible -- Dare we charge God with evil? -- Responding with compassion -- Are there lessons to be learned? -- Disasters happen randomly -- Lessons we can learn -- Are disasters the judgment of God? -- Is God mad at America? -- Disasters and the end times -- The escape route -- Saved or lost? -- Can we still trust God? -- Atheism's dead end -- An intellectual answer -- A personal answer -- Coping with doubt -- What do you say when friends ask? -- We must grieve -- We must give thanks -- We must choose -- We must find firm ground -- Epilogue : ready for the big one -- Avoiding the final curse.
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650			_aNatural disasters _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
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