As we prepare to begin meeting again this next Sunday, I thought it would be good for us to be reminded about what “church” is all about. Let’s begin by looking at the first time Jesus ever used the word “church.” Matthew 16:13–18 (ESV) 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he […]
We are continuing our focus on how to cope with evil and suffering. Our first assertion was… 1. God has provided a future without evil for those who choose Him now. Now, we are elaborating on the second assertion: 2. God has provided peace and hope in the face of evil. We have covered four […]
We are continuing our focus on how to cope with evil and suffering. Our first assertion was… 1. God has provided a future without evil for those who choose Him now. Now, we are elaborating on the second assertion: 2. God has provided peace and hope in the face of evil. We have covered three […]
We are continuing our focus on how to cope with evil and suffering. Our first assertion was… 1. God has provided a future without evil for those who choose Him now. Yesterday, we began to look at the second assertion… 2. God has provided peace and hope in the face of evil. Our first instruction […]
Last week, having determined that God is all good and all powerful, yet evil exists, we sought to understand why our good and powerful God allows evil to exist in our world. For the rest of this week, we are going to discuss how to cope with evil and suffering with two positive assertions. Yesterday, […]
We have asked the question, “If God’s so good, why does evil exist?” Last week, having determined that God is all good and all powerful, yet evil exists, we sought to understand why our good and powerful God allows evil to exist in our world. We looked at four profound realities: 1. God did not […]
We have asked the question, “If God’s so good, why does evil exist?” We acknowledge that these three Statements Appear Contradictory: A. God is all good. B. God is all powerful. C. Evil exists. In our first two devotional thoughts, we answered, “Is God all good?” with a resounding YES!And, we answered […]
We have asked the question, “If God’s so good, why does evil exist?” We acknowledge that these three Statements Appear Contradictory: A. God is all good. B. God is all powerful. C. Evil exists. In our first two devotional thoughts, we answered, “Is God all good?” with a resounding YES!And, we answered […]
We have asked the question, “If God’s so good, why does evil exist?” We acknowledge that these three Statements Appear Contradictory: A. God is all good. B. God is all powerful. C. Evil exists. In our last two devotional thoughts, we answered, “Is God all good?” […]
Yesterday we asked, “If God’s so good, why does evil exist?”Several possible answers have been proposed, but each one seems to spark more questions. And, we’re not going to be able to exhaustively answer that question here today either. We have begun to provide a bit of a framework to help us understand how a […]