Category Archives: Stories
Jonathan slept through His call to ministry… and still made it, anyway
Pastor Rick Ousley visited us at The Village last week (I mentioned this in a previous post). Turns out, Jonathan (our Business Manager) knew of him from about 12-13 years ago when Rick was preaching at at Student Life camp. … Continue reading →
Filed under Stories, The Village
Tagged as Grace, Rick Ousley, Student life, The Village
What does God look like?
I read the story of a girl who was busy drawing a portrait during an art exercise at school. “Who are you drawing?” the teacher asked. “I’m drawing a picture of God,” she said. The teacher, somewhat astonished, replied, “Honey, … Continue reading →
Filed under Apologetics, Grace, Stories
Tagged as Does God exist, George Buttrick, Is Jesus God, Jesus, Tim Lahaye
Hypothetically, what if God immediately eliminated all evil, pain, & suffering?
Hypothetically, what if God got rid of all evil? Now, very quickly you might ask, “Why doesn’t God just get rid of evil, then? Why doesn’t He wipe it out?” The problem is that doing so would be most difficult, … Continue reading →
Wrong place / wrong time
Over the past few posts, I’ve mentioned a few ways in which we come in contact with evil, pain, and suffering. For instance: 1. Sometimes, we bring it on ourselves. We do something stupid-and then reap what we sow. 2. … Continue reading →
Admit it. Sometimes bad things happen because we “allow” it to happen
In the previous post I made the point that sometimes bad things happen to us- and it’s our fault. We reap the consequences of what we sow. Again, sometimes bad things happen because we bring it on ourselves. But, not … Continue reading →
Filed under Apologetics, Stories
Tagged as Does God exist, Doubt, faith, stewardship, theodicy
