The war has ravaged all of our lives. The senseless agony. The monstrous cruelty. A horrendous calamity like this war compels us to cry out with justified anguish and pain. “If there’s a good God, then why is He allowing this evil to overtake us? Why didn’t He stop it from happening? Why is He … Read more
The reality and barbarity of war crimes and atrocities confront us with a severe challenge that we’d rather not face. Is all the suffering and affliction ultimately pointless, or can anything purposeful come out of what we endure? To be brutally frank, the answer to that question lies in what we think about the existence … Read more
The psalmist wailed to God in agony, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” (Psalm 42:9 – English translation). If God is just, why does He wait? Why doesn’t He execute justice upon the evil all around us? Doesn’t He care? What’s He waiting for!? He waits, … Read more
Words can’t describe the horror that rips through our very souls because of the war crimes committed in Mariupol, Bucha and throughout Ukraine. “How could this happen in today’s day and age?” we ask. I know of men and women who came back from America’s war in Viet Nam. They returned absolutely devasted by the … Read more
When we look at the suffering and devastation that’s taking place in Ukraine, we can’t help but cry out, “If there’s a God, and if He’s good, then why is He letting this evil take place?” The Scriptures themselves offer many explanations for why God sometimes waits before He acts, and those explanations can provide … Read more
