With the release of a new movie about 9/11, we will once again see the horrible images that are burned into our collective consciousness. And, concurrently, many people will again ask the same questions like the one above that they asked years ago in an attempt to make some sense out of this indescribable tragedy. How sad that such questions …
Where Is God When Tragedy Strikes?
“Why did God allow this to happen?” This is often the question that runs through the minds of family and friends when tragedy occurs. To some, it sounds too hideous to say something like, “God killed your son,” when a child is killed in a car accident. So they euphemistically say that God “allowed” the child to die such a …
The Urgency of Obedience
Although Satan is “The god of this age…” (2 Cor. 4:4), he does not have carte blanche to afflict God’s people. The more precisely we as believers obey God the more difficult it is for the Devil to succeed in ruining our lives. Sections of Scripture like Psalm 91 make it plain that the effectiveness of God’s protection of us is in large …
Satan’s Opposition
Satan is a parasite and a counterfeiter. Thus, he and his purposes are actually defined by a proper understanding of God and His purposes. Satan’s character and his purposes are diametrically opposed to God’s. The Devil especially tries to undermine man’s perception of God’s goodness by afflicting the righteous while prospering the ungodly. His deception is geared to obscure both …
Must Satan Ask God’s Permission To Do Evil?
A very well known biblical record that needs to be considered at this point is the book of Job. In Chapters One and Two, “Satan” is referred to as one of the angels who presented himself before the LORD. In light of the New Testament, we today realize that “Satan” is one of the names Scripture gives to the Devil, …
Jesus Christ Lifted the Veil
[Taken from Chapter Four of our book: Don’t Blame God!] A major problem with “orthodox” Christian thinking today is that so many Christians believe what the Old Testament says about God without critically examining their beliefs in light of the New Testament. Is the Old Testament literally correct: Does God kill believers? Does God send evil spirits to torment people? …
Is It True That a Hurricane Is an Act of God?
Only if you are a lawyer or an insurance agent. Why? Because it is specifically in those venues that one hears of such meteorological aberrations being attributed to God. No doubt someone is trying to figure out how to sue Him also. When that terminology was adopted and who first decided to use it I do not know, but it …
Is God in Control?
FAQ: Where does it say in the Bible that God is in absolute control of everything that happens in the world? What about free will, and why should we pray if God is completely in control of every future event? That is an excellent question, and one that has been debated through the centuries, though perhaps not enough. For us, …
Is God a Murderer?
If God is now in complete control of the world, then He is ultimately responsible for all human suffering—either by causing it or allowing it. Doesn’t that make Him very hard to love? Maybe that’s why you hear so many Christian euphemisms designed to take the edge off what, if people did to other people, would be called destruction of …
God’s Infinite Resourcefulness
[This excerpt was taken from Chapter 15 of the Sixth Edition of our book: Don’t Blame God: A Biblical Answer to the Problem of Evil, Sin, & Suffering] Turning Lemons into Lemonade As we have stated, our faith facilitates God’s power changing a situation. No matter how bleak a situation may appear, we must remember that with God nothing is …
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