Do bad things happen for God's glory? How did I feel about the recent exiles conference?

Why do I respond? Did I respond to Christopher Yuan on X? How should we practice communion every

week? Can non-Christians take it? Can young kids take it? And can I steal man the argument against

DEI, CRT, Black Lives Matter? And then can I address some of its flaws?

These are just some of the questions I'm going to address on this bonus Q&A episode.

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and get access to all kinds of premium content. Okay, let's dive into some of these really,

really good questions.

Okay, the first question, this is a tough one, okay?

How should I respond to someone who says that bad things happen for God's glory?

The questioner goes on to say, it is irksome to hear, but is it biblical?

First of all, I resonate so much with the spirit of this question. It feels

irksome to me too. Like it just doesn't, it feels a little like, oh, that's, it doesn't feel right,

you know, but as always, my main question, as is, sounds like yours is too, is, is it biblical? Like,

there's things in the Bible that might feel irksome to you.

Certainly some things that feel irksome to me, but, you know, that doesn't mean just because

that doesn't mean that my irksome feelings are inspired or the thing by which we should measure

whether something is true or not. We need to look at what the Bible says, okay? I'm still old school

in that way. So let me just

begin by saying, look, theologians have thought through this way, way, way more than I have.

Okay. So, yeah, I would, I'm going to give you some of my own thoughts, but I just want to readily

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