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Volume 9, Number 5
   May 1998   



 
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Cover Story

   

WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO A GOOD GOD

God created men who, through the misuse of the gift of free will, brought him to suffering and death. He created a world that nailed him to a cross. To non-believers this is absurd, but believers know that through the cross God reveals his love and glory

   
By JOHN DOWLING
 

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THE FLORIDA EVENT

A modern allegory about the Gospels, the truthfulness of their accounts, and whether the Resurrection makes a difference-and an answer to those who say some things are all the truer for never having happened.

   
By KENNETH J. HOWELL
 

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TEENAGED PROTESTANTS STUDY MARY

A gentle application of Socratic dialogue brings students at a non-denominational school to see that if Jesus is one's "personal Savior," Mary must be one's "personal Mother."

   
By ERIC K PAVLAT
 

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HEAVY DUTY

"That's just a bunch o' symbol stuff," he snorted-but then this unschooled inmate came to see that the Eucharist is the most real reality of all

   
By RUSSELL L. FORD
 

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TO THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
By LUCY TUCKER

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THE YOUTH OF THE CHURCH
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