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God is all good and all powerful; why then does God allow the innocent to suffer? I left out the “if”. It’s all in the asking of the question—being aware of motive and attitude—because there is no “if” when it comes to whether God exists, or whether God is good and powerful.  Of this I am certain. In matters of Continue Reading

  I’ve said before that I can’t pretend to know all of the answer; instead, I find that answers come in bits and pieces.  Large pieces that I think I can truly begin to understand are these: Suffering spurs us to action Suffering is a catalyst for change. Suffering can break us out of our self-centeredness. Suffering breaks down walls Continue Reading

I remember one Sunday morning at a former church, I visited one of the Sunday School classes attended by children from the United Methodist Children’s Home.  A new boy to the Home, who was around ten years old introduced himself to me.  With one of the most beautiful smiles I’ve ever seen, he stuck out his hand and gave me Continue Reading

If God is such a good and all-powerful God, why does he allow the innocent to suffer? (con’t) I could skip over all the underlying questions and write down the conclusion which I’ve come to think of as true, but then this would skip over the process of how we Methodists go about discerning our beliefs—through scripture, reason, tradition, and Continue Reading

      If God is such a good and all-powerful God, why does he allow the innocent to suffer?   My answer depends on the motive in asking the question. If the question is asked out pure curiosity and desire to know, or if it is asked out of the anguish that comes from suffering or seeing someone suffer, Continue Reading

  If God is such a good and all-powerful God, why does he allow the innocent to suffer?     I made the statement in my first post that this was a best question to begin my blog.  I’ve had reason to regret that statement!  One of the reasons why this is true is because it’s a loaded question. The Continue Reading

If God is such a good and all-powerful God, why does he allow the innocent to suffer?  Books have been written around this question. Much smarter people have wrestled with it. This question is as old as humanity and humans have tried to come up with the answer from the beginning.  Many times, it is more of an accusation than Continue Reading