justice

We have a problem.

The problem is that Christians believe in a good, loving God who cares for his creation, yet we live in a world that is full of pain. War, theft, murder and rape dominate our cultural landscape. How can an all-powerful God allow such atrocities to occur?

Essentially, you come down to two options:

Either God is all-loving, but is unable to stop the sin in the world, or he is capable of ending the evil that we see in the world, but refuses to do so, rendering him somewhat less than our idea of a loving God.

If a man allowed his 4-year-old daughter to run out into the street to play, what would people say about him? Surely they would say, “He is a bad Father. That child could be hurt or even killed!” Anyone who loves their child would never let them be in such danger. Yet God not only allows us to wander into traffic, so-to-speak, but it appears that quite often, he himself throws us into the danger!