What About Evil?
I shared this with our students a few months ago after the massacre in Las Vegas. In light of yesterday's school shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky, I was reminded once again of the urgency of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. I am praying for those families who have been directly impacted. May God provide peace, comfort, strength, grace, forgiveness and mercy. You are welcome to use this very short, non-exhaustive look at evil and the believer's role in prayer and action. (This is designed as a conversation piece, not a full on presentation.) Even biblical writers complained about pain and evil: Evils have encompassed me without number. Psalm 40:12 Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Jeremiah 15:18 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. Romans 8:22 God did not create an evil world – Genesis 1:31 Evil i...