I asked her what she thought about Christianity. She said
that Christianity is a means of control. That God is a moral monster.
At one time, he told me, he had a strong faith in God. But
that faith faltered when someone close to him was suffering and God did not
answer his prayers.
I am a retired nurse. Nurses take care of people who are
suffering and in pain. Where is God when they hurt?
Pain and suffering often cause people to question God’s goodness
or his existence. If God exists, is he good? What is God’s relationship with
pain, suffering, and death? Where is God when I hurt?
I explore those
questions (and more) in this video (Part 3 of Is there a God and is he Good? – The Puzzle
of Pain). Click here for Part 1 – Evidence from the Universe and here
for Part 2 – Evidence from History. Each presentation is about 35
minutes long. Grab some food and watch them with a couple of friends. Then research
the evidence I present.
Kathy
Click here to read
why many young people are leaving the church. Want to change
that? Click here to download a 30 second promo. You can use it to invite some
struggling friends to watch the presentations with you.
Here is a study
guide with links to the sources I cite.
It was a freezing Monday morning, the day after Easter. We
were huddled together on the street corner, stomping our feet, blowing into our
gloves, anticipating the warmth of the school bus. I asked if the weather put a
crimp on her Easter celebration. She said her family does not celebrate Easter.
Jesus did not rise from the dead.
He was convinced the New Testament is a fabrication. He told
me that the Gospels were written long after the events they described. A nice
story perhaps, but nothing to do with reality.
Their views are not uncommon. Just last year I was told that
Jesus is a myth. Is that true?
Do you know that atheist
New Testament scholars and historians are certain that within three years of
Jesus’ death the primitive church was reciting a Creed about Jesus? A Creed
that claimed Jesus rose from the dead! I present this evidence (and more) in this video (Part 2 of Is there a God and is he Good? – Evidence from History). Click
here for Part 1 – Evidence from the Universe and here for Part 3 –
The Puzzle of Pain.
Each presentation
is about 35 minutes long. Grab some food and watch them with a couple of
friends. Then research the evidence I present.
Kathy
Click here to read
why many young people are leaving the church. Want to change
that? Click here to download a 30 second promo. You can use it to invite some
struggling friends to watch the presentations with you.
Here is a study
guide with links to the sources I cite.
Christianity did not make sense to her. She became an
atheist when she was five and stopped attending church when she was thirteen. She
told me, “If there was evidence for God, it would make worldwide news and win a
Nobel Prize.”
He grew up in the church. He had a crisis of faith in
college. He told our group why, “What my church teaches about Genesis does not
match the facts of nature.”
Their stories are not unique. Children and young adults evaluate
Christian claims. Are they logical? Factual? Does the Old Testament accurately
describe creation? What does that imply about the New Testament?
Do you know? Evidence for God made worldwide news and won a
Nobel Prize in physics! Genesis accurately describes creation! I present this
evidence (and more) in this video (Part 1 of Is there a God and is he Good? – Evidence from the Universe). Click here for Part 2 – Evidence from
History and here for Part 3 – The Puzzle of Pain.
Each presentation
is about 35 minutes long. Grab some food and watch them with a couple of
friends. Then research the evidence I present.
Kathy
Click here to read
why many young people are leaving the church. Want to change
that? Click here to download a 30 second promo. You can use it to invite some
struggling friends to watch the presentations with you.
Here is a study
guide with links to the sources I cite.
Remember the story of Job from the Old Testament? He lost
it all, his children, his wealth, his health, reputation, his happiness. He was
caught in a storm of pain. Perhaps you are caught in a storm of pain.
Job believed there is a God, but he questioned God’s
goodness. You may question more than God’s goodness. You may question God’s
existence. You may be skeptical of religious faith, thinking it is blind or
unreasonable.
Is there a God and is he Good? is a three-part presentation available on
YouTube, making a case for the existence of God
and showing that God is present in the storm. Each presentation is
approximately 35 minutes long. The parts build on each other, the
evidence for God accumulating from one part to the next.
Click here for
a three-page PDF study guide for Is there a God and is he Good? Grab
some food and watch the presentations with a couple of friends. Then work through
the study guide, checking the facts. What is the best explanation for
the facts?
The Old
Testament makes three astonishing claims about creation. Do those claims hold
up against images / photographs of the universe and earth? What does that imply
about the New Testament?
How can the
Creator be good when there is so much pain, suffering, and death in the world?
How can I cope with pain?
God answered
Job from the storm! From the album “This & That – A Little Bit of
Everything” this video is scrolling playback of a song based on Job38:1[i].
Kathy
Click here and here to read why many young Christians are
leaving Christianity.
Want to change
that? Invite some struggling friends to watch the presentations with you. Serve
food and work through the study guide together, checking the facts. Here’s a 30 second promo you can download from Google Drive to start the conversation.
You can get
print (PDF) and/or digital (MusicXML™) sheet music for The Falling of the Rain.
Click here for digital sheet music. (MusicXML™
is the standard open format for sharing digital sheet music. Check the help
files in your music notation app for directions on importing MusicXML™ files.)
[i]
Job 38:1 NIV: “Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm.”
