Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes to polygamy, and how to pray when asked at a family dinner where nobody is a believer.
Topics
- How should I respond to someone who is struggling with the question of how a good God could let her husband suffer? (00:00)
- How can we know if something is objectively a sin or not, particularly when it comes to polygamy? (25:00)
- What should I say in my prayer when I'm asked to pray at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner where nobody is a believer? (49:00)
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