Pastor Frank Answers How do we reconcile what happened to the pigs in Matthew 8:28-34?
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The account of Jesus and the pigs in Matthew 8:28–34 has troubled many compassionate Christians. How can we reconcile the loving character of Jesus with a passage that appears, at first glance, to treat the lives of the pigs as unimportant?

In this Stump the Pastor, Pastor Frank Hoffman asks us to look beyond the interpretation that humanity has traditionally placed upon the event and to consider the spiritual awareness of the pigs themselves. Were they merely helpless victims—or might their response reveal something profound about their relationship with God, their rejection of evil, and their willingness to enter fully into His heavenly will? Listen as Pastor Frank offers a very different understanding of this difficult passage—one that challenges us to reconsider not only what happened to the pigs, but whether other creatures may sometimes recognize the things of God more clearly than we do.

Posted on All-Creatures.org: September 18, 2026
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