Let’s be honest. “It seems that we live in a crazy world, that we are surrounded by things that make no apparent sense. Murders, rapes, child abuse, disease, war, famine, crime, divorce, death, pain, corruption, natural disasters and a host of other things swirl around us continually … Why does God allow it? … Atheists are not the only ones asking ‘Why?’ Job asked ‘Why?’ The psalmist repeatedly asked “Why?” Even Jesus was so deeply moved and troubled by death and people weeping over it that He Himself wept. So why is the world so full of pain and suffering? Why didn’t God create the world so these things had no place in it?” (John Clayton adapted).
For further reading, click on the sermon lesson sheet