We don’t need the Bible to tell us about the reality of suffering and evil, it’s all too common to us. The Bible says we live in a fallen, broken, scarred world where evil and suffering are prevalent. In fact, the Bible is the only book in our world that can truly explain why the… Continue reading Don’t live in cuckoo-cuckoo land
Tag: Suffering
Why does God allow his people to suffer?
We have all been following with horror the atrocities committed by the Islamic State in northern Iraq against Christians and other minority groups. We are all filled with revulsion knowing that Boko Haram has kidnapped over 200 mostly Christian schoolgirls. Our news reports are filled with acts of violence being committed against Christians. Christians are suffering,… Continue reading Why does God allow his people to suffer?
National Geographic and the wisdom of God
Imagine this terrible scenario: You are lying in a hospital bed being kept alive artificially by plastic tubes in your arm and nose. A killer hurricane has destroyed everything you own and all you’ve worked for – your house, you car and your savings. You family has not survived. You’re hanging on to life. You… Continue reading National Geographic and the wisdom of God
The message of Job vs the “prosperity” gospel
Christians sometimes experience the depths of despair In Job chapters 1-2 Job has lost his livelihood, his business, his employees, his children and has been inflicted with a loathsome, painful, debilitating skin-disease. Yet 3 times in these chapters it says he is blameless. In other words, he is above reproach, a man of integrity and… Continue reading The message of Job vs the “prosperity” gospel
Three lessons from Job
As I mentioned in a previous post, one of our dogs died last week. Charlie, a dachshund, slipped a disk and started going paralysed and we had to have him put down. We were devastated. And even though Charlie was only a dog, I found myself asking, “Why did God allow this to happen? Charlie… Continue reading Three lessons from Job