[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 …
God is Good (with Figures!)
[This is an excerpt from Chapter Five of our book Don’t Blame God!] There is no question that the Bible is replete with examples of God acting in ways that seem to contradict His loving nature, not to mention offending our sense of decency, justice, and common sense. These instances must be carefully analyzed and weighed against the whole of …
Does God Use People?
It is greatly disturbing to see Christian people subjected to so much doctrinal error about the problem of evil, sin, and suffering. For example, The New Bible Dictionary, one of the more popular conservative biblical resource books, states the following under the category of “suffering” (Hey, why not test yourself? After reading each sentence, answer True or False): In the …
Does God “Permit” Evil?
To some Christians (though not enough), it sounds too hideous to say something like “God killed your son,” when a child is run over by a bus. So they euphemistically say that God “allowed” the child to be run over by a bus. But can a logical mind make any distinction between the two? Ours do not and we doubt …
Darwin’s Dilemma
[Taken from Chapter One of our book: Don’t Blame God!] One man who turned away from God because he could not reconcile a loving God with the suffering he saw all around him was Charles Darwin, whose unbelief eventually contributed significantly to the development of his so-called “theory of evolution,” a myth that has blinded many to the truth of …
Consequences of Believing Satan’s Lie
The Father of Lies Among other things, Jesus Christ came to expose Satan’s methods. Chief among these is the Devil’s consistent contradiction of God’s Word. John 8:44 (KJV) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is …