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How do we make sense of suffering? How do we
reconcile the reality of so much suffering, anguish and misery
with a divine being who is all-loving and infinitely merciful?
This quandary has plagued theologians and philosophers for centuries.
But they have failed to give us a satisfying, rational answer.
Is there more to the story we haven't considered?
Through the prophet Isaiah God tells us, "My thoughts are
not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).
God thinks and acts on a level different from ours. He sees
things in an entirely different way. From our perspective, it's
as though we were putting together a jigsaw puzzle with many
of the pieces missing. What part of the picture are we failing
to see?
Why Does God
Allow Suffering? addresses these questions head
on. This crucial booklet reveals the source of so much human
suffering, helps us understand why God allows it, shows His
different perspective on it and lets us understand how and when
all suffering will eventually cease. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November/December 2001
Vol. 6, Num. 6
America's Tragedies: What Would Jesus Christ Say?
A Good News editorial
Cover Story
What Lies Ahead for America?
As much of the world watched in horror, a carefully planned series of hijackings
unfolded that destroyed the World Trade Center, shattered the Pentagon
and snuffed out the lives of more than 5,000 men, women and children. In the
space of a few hours the world dramatically changed. What do these attacks-
seemingly against civilization itself-mean? What is their long-term significance?
-Sidebar-
A Rising Tide of Islamic Fundamentalism
Feature Articles
Where Was God?
If God truly is all knowing and all powerful, how could He allow evil human
beings to brutally murder thousands of people who have done them no harm?
Why would He allow such things? Why doesn't He intervene to stop them?
-Sidebar-
Why Do We Blame God for Catastrophes?
A Different World
The terrible events of Sept. 11 may have forever altered life for much of the
world. That day's atrocities underscored the grim reality that the cultural
clash between Islamic extremism and the West is a clash of different worlds.
-Sidebar-
The Birth and Spread of Islam
Religion
of War and Peace?
America's Good Samaritans: Selfless
Sacrifice and Heroism
Not since Pearl Harbor has the United States experienced such national
shock. Yet from the rubble arose stories of sacrifice and heroism that
should cause us to reflect on one of Jesus Christ's most important teachings.
-Sidebar-
Are We Our Brother's Keeper? Whose Prayers Does God Hear?
On one side of the world stunned Americans mourned and prayed for comfort
and strength while on the other religious extremists offered prayers of
thanks for what they saw as a great victory. Whose prayers does God hear?
-Sidebar-
Pray for and Respect Governing
Officials
How
to Seek God's Will
What Is Repentance?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States some have suggested
that the national mood could lead to repentance. Most people, however, have
only the vaguest idea of what the word means. What exactly is repentance?
Pathogens, Poisons and Other Weapons of Terror
Just as Americans were recovering from the Sept. 11 attack, envelopes with
anthrax spores spread through the U.S. mail system-conjuring fears of
a new wave of terror. What other horrifying weapons might terrorists wield?
America's Astounding Destiny: A Nation Losing Its Way
In earlier parts of this series we saw how the birth and expansion of the
United States fulfilled Bible prophecies. We conclude with a sobering
look at how a nation's growing rejection of God threatens its existence.
-Sidebar-
America's Forgotten Inheritance
More Disasters on
the Horizon
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