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Steven R. Hemler
Life's Little Learnings
Why Does God Allow Evil and Injustice?
We learn from the first chapters of the book of Genesis that God created a good world, a world where there was no evil or sin. However, it's important to realize that the potential for evil and sinful human behavior existed from the very beginning. That's because God created humans with the following characteristics:
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More of Life's Little Learnings
- Why Was Christ's Passion Necessary?
- How do we Attain Eternal Salvation to Heaven?
- What are the Stages of Faith?
- What is Conversion and Why is it Necessary?
- What are God's Purposes for Human Sexuality?
- What is Christian Love?
- Is the Genesis Story of Creation True?
- Is Intelligent Design True?
- Is Evolution True?
- Does God Exist?
- Is Jesus Really the Son of God?
- Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead?
- Why Go To Mass?
- My Debt to God
- What is the Purpose of Suffering?
- What is the Purpose of Life?
- How Can We Know God's Will?
- Our Self Esteem and Interpersonal Behavior
- Feeling Loved - The Key to Effective Parenting
- Really Winning
- Why Take Christ Out Of Christmas?
- The Dangers of Secularization
We begin a new series this week entitled "Life's Little Learnings." At least every other week, we will publish a new short reflection, written by our readers, which briefly summarizes an insightful spiritual or other lesson they've learned in their lives. These lessons learned are similar to the journal entries many of us Christians routinely record throughout our lives as we are prompted by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Our initial life's learnings have been written by Steven R. Hemler. Steve is a lifelong Catholic who has been involved in youth ministry, pro-life political activism, and adult and adolescent religious education for over 20 years. He is married with 3 children and has obtained a Master's Degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. As a freelance writer, his articles have been published in several Catholic and secular magazines, including <i>America</i>, <i>Liguorian</i>, <i>Church</i>, <i>Modern Liturgy</i>, <i>Religion Teacher's Journal</i>, <i>Liturgical Catechesis</i>, and <i>National Review</i>.
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This week's lesson learned is entitled "<a href="lifeslittlelearnings/01.asp">Why Was Christ's Passion Necessary?</a>" and is Steve's reflection on a question we too often take for granted. We hope you find this reflection meaningful as we celebrate Holy Week in our homes and churches.
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We hope and pray that sharing these important lessons our readers have learned in life will help us all grow in faith and wisdom. Please e-mail if you are interested in submitting a brief reflection for this series.
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