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Mark Talbot

Mark Talbot (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is an associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College and the host of the podcast When the Stars Disappear. He is also the author of When the Stars Disappear and Give Me Understanding That I May Live.

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Longing for Wholeness: Chronic Suffering and Christian Hope

The Works of God Conference

Disability is a real thing that has its ultimate explanation and comfort in the purposes of God.

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The Broken Stage in the Theater of God

Desiring God 2009 National Conference

In this message, Mark Talbot discusses how God can be tempering everything in the best way and yet still allow sin and suffering.

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All the Good That Is Ours in Christ

Seeing God's Gracious Hand in the Hurts Others Do to Us

“Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.” Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel wrote these words in light of his horrific experience at Auschwitz. He questioned where God was during his unjust suffering. Many of us wonder the same.

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