{"id":10285,"date":"2013-07-25T08:40:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T13:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2013-07-25T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T13:40:49","slug":"if-you-were-born-without-arms-would-you-curse-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2013\/07\/if-you-were-born-without-arms-would-you-curse-god\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Were Born Without Arms Would You Curse God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A while back <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=4269\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">I highlighted a film called <em>Wrestling For Jesus<\/em><\/a> by Nathan Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen it, you must. It\u2019s fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005HQDTNM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B005HQDTNM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=amerjesu-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">go buy it right now and watch it<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=amerjesu-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005HQDTNM\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. You\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Nathan\u2019s latest short film, co-directed with John Harrison, is called <em>A Day With Greg Buell<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a short (only about 5 minutes long), but fascinating look into the life of a man born without arms and how he reconciles his Christian faith with the difficult cards he\u2019s been dealt in life.<\/p>\n<p>I especially love Buell\u2019s blunt and honest take on Jesus\u2019 response to the Pharisees that a man born blind was born that way for the glory of God.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t spoil it for you, but I will say this.<\/p>\n<p>If, like Greg, I had been born without arms, I don\u2019t know if I would have the sort of dedication to faith that he does. I hope I would. I want to believe I would. But if I\u2019m being honest, I have to wonder if I wouldn\u2019t just toss out <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=10225\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">all my theological answers to the problem of evil<\/a>, curse God, and wallow in my misery.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don\u2019t know Greg Buell personally, but if this short film is any indication, he\u2019s a much better man than me.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m curious to know what you think about Greg\u2019s testimony and\/or how you would respond if you were in his shoes.<\/p>\n<p>So, check out the video below, then let me know in the comments what you think about Greg\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Born Without Arms, &quot;Just Be Normal&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NDMLHCK6dE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I highlighted a film called Wrestling For Jesus by Nathan Clarke. If you haven\u2019t seen it, you must. It\u2019s fantastic. Seriously, go buy it right now and watch it. You\u2019ll be glad you did. Anyway, Nathan\u2019s latest short film, co-directed with John Harrison, is called A Day With Greg Buell. It\u2019s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":10286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If You Were Born Without Arms Would You Curse God?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A while back I highlighted a film called Wrestling For Jesus by Nathan Clarke. If you haven&#039;t seen it, you must. It&#039;s fantastic. 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