Why pick the God of the Bible? Human nature likes the freedom of picking our own “God.” Why pick the God revealed in the Bible? By EveryStudent.com Many of us have in mind the “ideal” God. Maybe we think God should be capable, able to relate to us, care about us. The following qualities are […]
Where is God? How God entered the dimensions of the world …Email article to a friend Imagine there are two people on a flat piece of paper. These people are two-dimensional, having height and width but no depth; the paper is the extent of their world. Can they see you? No. They can see only […]
“Why does God allow birth defects?”……The ultimate answer to this difficult question is that when Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis chapter 3), they brought evil, sickness, disease, and death into the world. Sin has been wreaking havoc on the human race ever since. Birth defects occur because of sin…not because of sins the parents or […]
“Why does God allow evil?”……Answer: With people thinking about the September 11 terrorist attacks on the tenth anniversary of the horrific event, many are again asking the age-old question: “Why does God allow evil?” The Bible describes God as holy (Isaiah 6:3), righteous (Psalm 7:11), just (Deuteronomy 32:4), and sovereign (Daniel 4:17-25). These attributes tell […]
“Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?”……This is one of the most difficult questions in all of theology. God is eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Why should human beings (not eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipresent, or omnipotent) expect to be able to fully understand God's ways? The book of Job deals […]
Doesn’t evil and sufferingprove that God doesn’t care? “How can I believe in God when there is so many things that are going wrong in the world and it is obvious that he doesn’t care?” Things going wrong in the world in no way prove that God doesn’t care. We live in a world where […]
Why does God allow pain? Q: “Why must there be pain? I question why God lets people go through physical pain.” We’re not sure that God gives an answer to your question in the Bible. We don’t think He gives an explicit answer to the “why” He allows certain things to happen at this time. […]