In many ways, this pandemic has been a gift to the Church. It has unmasked fake pastors, purified church numbers, pushed us to prayer, clarified our theology, drove deeper fellowship, and exposed the evil of the world system. It’s hard but it’s all working together for our good. Dale Partridge Scripture has often been famousContinue reading “Covid: The Gift”
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The Problem of Pain: 13. What is God Waiting For?
If God is good and God is love, why does He let pain continue, including His own? First, let’s acknowledge that a time will come when God will end pain in Heaven and earth (Rev. 21:4). If this is the ultimate reality that God will bring to pass at the fulfillment of time, then itContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 13. What is God Waiting For?”
The Problem of Pain: 12. Does God Feel Pain?
And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Genesis 6:6 ESV When we ask how a good God could allow pain and suffering, we’re typically referring to human pain and suffering. However, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard someone talk about this topic inContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 12. Does God Feel Pain?”
The Problem of Pain: 11. Could God Have Made Pain an Impossibility?
If God is good (and all-knowing and all-powerful), why would He create humans or angelic creatures with the capacity to bring death into the world? If He could have made it an impossibility for pain and suffering to ever enter the world, why wouldn’t He? Maybe you’ve heard it said that there are some thingsContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 11. Could God Have Made Pain an Impossibility?”
The Problem of Pain: 10. Why Death?
Of all the consequences that God could give to Adam and Eve, why death? Why not a good talking to, or a grounding, or having to wear clothes for a week? Why death? It seems a little excessive for one little act of disobedience, doesn’t it? Let’s back up and look at what Adam andContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 10. Why Death?”
The Problem of Pain: 9. Is God a Helicopter Parent?
If God knows the future, then He must have known that Satan would deceive Eve. So, if God is good, why didn’t He stop it? Now we’re getting into philosophical questions that people have been asking for ages. But let’s dive in for a little bit and see where swimming in this sea gets us.Continue reading “The Problem of Pain: 9. Is God a Helicopter Parent?”
The Problem of Pain: 8. When was Satan Kicked out of Heaven?
Why is this such an important question in a discussion about God’s goodness and the problem of pain? Let’s put it this way. What kind of God would Yahweh be if He kicked Satan out of Heaven (remember, Eden was Heaven on earth) prior to creating mankind only to let the devil back in toContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 8. When was Satan Kicked out of Heaven?”
The Problem of Pain: 7. What’s Up with the Talking Snake? Part 2
The huge red dragon—the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world… Revelation 12:3, 9 NET Strange, isn’t it? To my mind, a dragon and a serpent aren’t the same. Maybe you could say that a dragon has a serpentine-like body or that they’re both reptilian, but that’s aboutContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 7. What’s Up with the Talking Snake? Part 2”
The Problem of Pain: 6. What’s Up with the Talking Snake?
Before we look at the serpent himself, understanding what kind of place the Garden of Eden actually was will help us understand why other talking creatures were around in the first place. Maybe you’ve read the end of Genesis 3 before and wondered why the cherubim (plural) show up with no prior explanation. …at theContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 6. What’s Up with the Talking Snake?”
The Problem of Pain: 5. Why Would God “put hostility?”
If hostility generates pain and suffering, why would a good God “put hostility” (Gen. 3:15) between the serpent and the woman and between their offspring? Well, considering that the serpent is Satan (Rev. 12:9), would you really want a relationship with the devil that doesn’t include hostility? Think about it. What would it mean forContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 5. Why Would God “put hostility?””
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