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2009-09-04T09:39:24-05:00GCIinfo@gospel.com/feeds/topics/problem+of+evil/All Things in the Bible: Romans 8:28http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%208:28&version=NIV2009-09-04T09:39:24-05:00
Everything that happens--good or bad, joyful or sad--is under God's control. While God isn't the author of sin and evil, this passage reassures us that everything that happens is worked by Him into his grand plan. There's a reason for everything, even when we can't see it from our vantage point. Suffering in the Bible: 1 Peter 4:12-16http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Pet.4.12-1Pet.4.16&version=NIV2009-07-14T10:35:06-05:00
The experience of suffering shouldn't come as a surprise to Christians--in fact, we should expect it. Christ-followers don't find their comfort in the promise that God will end their suffering; instead they find hope in the knowledge that Christ suffers alongside us and offers us true spiritual life. When We Question Godhttp://woh.org/pdf/books/when_we_question_god.pdf2007-12-19T12:29:01-05:00
"Why was I born?" "Why do wicked people seem to prosper?" "What happens after I die?" They are the questions our history forces on us, life-and-death issues that scream for an answer. We have nowhere else to go, no one else to turn to. We raise them with God. 10 Reasons To Believe In A God Who Allows Sufferinghttp://www.rbc.org/bookChapters.aspx?id=462822007-12-11T19:03:03-05:00
Natural disasters. Terrorist acts. Injustice. Incurable disease. All these experiences point to suffering, and can cause people to question the love and goodness of a God who would let such things occur...