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The Power of Suffering Love | Paul Fiddes

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*Can an all-powerful God refuse to use coercive power?* Paul Fiddes argues that God's greatest power is not domination or force, but suffering love—the power to transform lives, heal relationships, and ultimately overcome evil. 0:00 What Does Divine Power Mean 0:58 The Power of Suffering Love 1:35 Why Evil Still Exists 2:44 Can Love Overcome Evil 5:29 Does God Ever Intervene *Paul Stuart Fiddes* FBA is an English Baptist theologian and novelist. Fiddes is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology in the University of Oxford, Principal Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow of Regent's Park College, Oxford, and a former chairman of the Oxford Faculty of Theology. *More from Paul Fiddes on Closer To Truth:* * Big Questions About God - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKyjextCjGsYzvrMvWCj4tX * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/paul-fiddes/ *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *Join the Community:* * Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/ * Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com * Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ * Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/ *Follow Us:* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/ * X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers. #CloserToTruth #Meaning #PaulFiddes #ChristianTheology #PhilosophyOfReligion

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@Dalillama33 2026-07-12

I was friends with this guests son ,I remember joining them for dinner which was an eye opening experience, my friend was not religious but had grown up in strong religious environment, over dinner you could see he was desperately trying to connect to his family and be excepted by them almost pleading , the silence was cold and poignant from his family , they eventually had my friend put away for mental health and pumped him with drugs ,he eventually took his own life , take from that what you will believers or non believers

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@CloserToTruthTV 2026-06-11

Paul Fiddes argues that God's power is revealed not through coercion but through suffering love that transforms people and relationships. Is suffering love a sufficient response to evil, or does overcoming evil ultimately require something more?

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@S3RAVA3LM 2026-07-13

Anymore content from jewish mystics, perhaps long and fogotten clips? Recently i purchased an Anthology called The Wisdom of the Zohar(3 vol. set) of which i have been wanting to study for quite awhile. I'm not looking to start anew, rather synthesis is what i seek most, for if any knowledge is said to be of God, then it should fit seemlessly with vedic metaphysics and platonics, of course, hermetics/alchemy and core gnostic doctrines, of which, i know it does. I remember Robert stating that his family are jewish if i recall.

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@allauddin732 2026-07-12

The power of not knowing problems. So you had lots of lots funs. Not knowing bad people.

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@Gordon-s4x 2026-07-12

Christianity is the only religion I know well enough I guess gave the most beautiful presentation of suffering and salvation through Christ and ironically in the name of Christ cause one of most sufferings

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@Koalafer 2026-07-13

When a person called word god; word “ he” trapped in an illusion of something; a word god cannot standing by “word god “ or individual entity of something or a person of image”he”; there is not word god; why; it’s in timeless is beyond human history of 3D world can comprehend it; is gift of cosmos is life itself ♾️🍃🌱🌎🌕♾️

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@sanjeevjain5519 2026-07-13

It is very difficult to take the suffering of others upon yourself. You have to cope with your sufferings yourself. However, self-control can minimize your sufferings.

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@scrambledeggs88 2026-07-14

If free will necessitates evil then we must not have free will in heaven unless there is evil in heaven

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@gchatmadhu9599 2026-07-13

Prayer is asking God for the will to accept and follow His plan. 👍

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@keysemerson3771 2026-07-13

The essence of love, is not suffering. It is human connection. Understanding that others are human like you and living in peace and collaboration. We are Earth People together on our planetary home, learning what and who we are and how to get along.

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