Feb 27, 2023
The
challenge of evil and suffering is more than a theoretical or
philosophical problem--it's personal. We literally feel this
question. Our eyes have watched in disbelief as war footage unfolds
on our screens. We shake our heads as people are pulled out of
earthquake rubble. We wipe away tears from our eyes as we slowly
shuffle away from the hospice house. We bury our face in our
hands as we learn of a close friend or family member destroying
their lives through addictive substances. Whether we say it audibly
or mull it over in our minds, we are usually thinking the same
thing: God, why did you allow this to
happen?
The tension comes from the fact that the Bible repeatedly tells us
that God is good...not only good, but he loves the world! So when
these horrible things happen, it feels like there are
two seismically different realities that are
unreconcilable!
Maybe that describes you and your struggle to trust God.
Maybe it describes a friend or family member who has given up
on God because of a horrible tragedy, a tragedy that God could
have, and should have prevented. In part four of Asking
For A Friend, we are going to dive into answering this
difficult question. What we are going to discover is that the Bible
does not avoid this question, as some religions and atheists do. It
faces it head on and provides the most glorious answer of any idea
ever proposed to the problem of evil.
To
be a part of the discussion, listen to part four of Asking For A
Friend.