3 results for tag: Is God good?
Q&R: If God is non-violent, why is nature violent?
QUESTION:
"If God is non-violent ... then why is there evidence of violence in nature, i.e. between animals and also in weather, such as hurricanes/typhoons, volcanic eruptions, etc.?"
RESPONSE:
At the most basic level, I often boil things down to these ideas, which most folks can understand if we provide examples:
1. God created the conditions for life and love, which are the laws of nature and human freedom. This is very good.
2. But nature and humans also cause a lot of suffering. Nature and people can become violent of their own accord.
3. But in his great love for us, God became human to ...
Can God Be Too Good? Part 1 by Monte Wolverton
Join Editor Monte Wolverton and Greg Albrecht on an eight-part mini-series journey through one of the most hotly debated, fascinating topics within our christian faith. Here is part 1 of "Can God Be Too Good?"
…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.—Ephesians 3:17-19
Can We Hope That All Will Be Saved?
Sam Thompson sat on a concrete bench, staring at his father’s tombst...
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