Kate Bowler | The Pastor's Workshop

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The Control Drug

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Genesis 22:1–14, Exodus 14:10–31, Job 1:20–22; 38–42, Luke 1:26–38 , 2 Corinthians 12:7–10, Psalm 131:1–2

Kate Bowler is a gifted scholar and writer who, as a young wife and mom, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer—kept going six months at a time thanks to immunotherapy. She writes honestly about how ...

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I Don’t Know What to Do

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Kate Bowler

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The Following is an excerpt by Duke University Professor Kate Bowler, soon after finding out she has stage four cancer as she sits in her hospital bed following surgery: “I’m going to need for you to...

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The Prosperity Gospel a Theodicy

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Kate Bowler

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John 16:33, Acts 14:22, Romans 5:3, Psalm 34:19, Romans 8:18

The prosperity gospel is a theodicy, an explanation for the problem of evil. It is an answer to the questions that take our lives apart: Why do some people get healed and some people don’t? Why do som...