- Mon, Jun 14, 2010
- Suffering and Evil
Discussing Suffering and Evil on FamilyLife Today (audio)
Randy Alcorn talking about evil and suffering on Family Life Today. This is a three part series that aired June 16-18, 2010.
Randy Alcorn talking about evil and suffering on Family Life Today. This is a three part series that aired June 16-18, 2010.
God is not the author of evil. Neither, however, is He ever the victim of evil. His hands are never tied by evil. He's never painted into a corner by evil. When Jesus went to the cross He didn't fall into Satan's trap—Satan fell into His. Wills were being exercised, but men weren't calling the shots—God was.
Do you have any resources for an agnostic friend who says he can't believe in a good kind, loving God who would allow such terrible things to happen to people (abuse, famine, floods, etc.)?
Randy's book If God is Good deals with your friend’s questions as well as many others agnostics may have.
On January 8, 1956 five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador: Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian and Pete Fleming.
On January 8, 1956 five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador: Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian and Pete Fleming.
In this three and a half minute clip, Randy Alcorn talks about the perspective that comes from finding the correlation between the worst things and the best things that have ever happened to us.