Where is God in the Genocide? [SSL 296]

How we misunderstand God's Providence

When death,

destruction,

and chaos is so close at hand, for so long…

Some begin to question in these ways:

“Where is God in this mess?”

Or
“Why does God permit such evil and horror?”

Or
“How am I suppose to believe in a good God or in a God that is both all-good AND all-powerful when the world is as evil as it is?”

Or
”Isn’t God on the hook for not protecting us and letting evil happen to us?”

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The imprecatory psalms cry out in anguished questioning and lament and today many of us echo these refrains in spirit.

Our quandaries about God’s provision for us may linger and our doubts may arise. Should we predicate our trust in God’s love and goodness in light of the unabated misery and chaos that God seems to allow in abundance? Let’s dig deeper and find out more!

Today’s episode encounters theodicy which takes such things into account. We will unpack ideas about God and God’s response to evil. And, of course how we response to God and to our own suffering of the suffering of others.

✅ LISTEN IN: https://lisadelay.com/blog/where-is-god-in-the-genocide-ssl-296

Evil itself has no ultimate value or spiritual meaning at all.

Evil has not come from God nor is it used by God for the fulfilment of his purposes.
“It has no ‘contribution’ to make.”

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BOOK REVIEW by
Michael D. O'Neil, an author who teaches Christian thought and history and is director of postgraduate studies at Vose Seminary in Western Australia.

Today’s episode came from this page:
https://theologyandchurch.com/2015/11/12/david-bentley-hart-the-doors-of-the-sea-part-2/

Article begins here:
https://theologyandchurch.com/2015/11/10/david-bentley-hart-the-doors-of-the-sea-review-1/

⚠️DEFINITION:
In Mathematics, surds are the values in square root that cannot be further simplified into whole numbers or integers. Surds are irrational numbers.

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