Floods are 'creation groaning,' Cedar Rapids pastor says

From Baptist Press:

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (BP)--The floodwaters overtaking the Midwest -- as well as tornadoes, earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters -- are a symptom of the curse initiated by the fall of man in Genesis 3, a pastor in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said. ...As the Apostle Paul indicated in Romans 8, the earth is groaning under a curse with a desire to be set free from bondage, [Eric] Schumacher said."That's what these disasters are, creation groaning to be reborn," he said. ...

As the Apostle Paul indicated in Romans 8, the earth is groaning under a curse with a desire to be set free from bondage, [Eric] Schumacher said.

"That's what these disasters are, creation groaning to be reborn," he said. ...

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