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How Can God Help Me with Loneliness?
Family, Today's Difficult ProblemsOver 60% of Americans struggle with loneliness, reporting "feeling like they are left out, poorly understood, and lacking companionship." Anyone can feel alone at times, but a lasting, pervasive sense of isolation can be deeply painful, and…
How Can God Help Me With Depression?
Common Questions, Contemporary Issues, Today's Difficult ProblemsSomeone recently said to me, “I was so exhausted. I'm completely exhausted. I felt jittery, emotional, and apprehensive. My senses started to register that I was feeling just like the weather outside—gloomy and depressing. Numb. I continued…
Why is There So Much Evil in the World?
Belief in God, Common Questions, Contemporary Issues, Problem of Evil, Theological IssuesThe great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel.” Whatever one's religious convictions, it would be difficult to deny that people are capable of unspeakable cruelty. There…
Does God Want Me to Be Happy?
Contemporary Issues, Problem of Evil, Today's Difficult ProblemsFor multiple years in a row, Finland has won the title “World’s Happiest Country.” Journalists across the globe flock to this California-sized country and ask the one-million-dollar question: What makes Finland so happy? The answers given…
Suffering and the Existence of God
Atonement and Salvation from Sin, Belief in God, Common Questions, Problem of Evil, Reasons to Believe, Theological IssuesAs Ellis Goldstein watched the police car enter his driveway, he braced himself for the bad news. The officer handed Ellis the driver’s license of his seventeen-year-old daughter, Heather, regrettably informing him that she had just died in…
If God is Good, Why Do I Suffer?
Belief in God, Problem of Evil, Today's Difficult Problems“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted” (Psalm 10:1, 12). Have you ever expressed similar questions and angst to heaven? Maybe…
What Does the Bible Say About Racism?
Contemporary Issues, Problem of Evil, Today's Difficult ProblemsA quick glance at the news or social media will show that humanity is devastated by the sin of racism. The Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in 2018, the El Paso Walmart shooting in 2019, and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are all examples of racists…
Are People Innately Good or Bad?
Atonement and Salvation from Sin, Problem of Evil, Theological IssuesAre People Innately Good or Bad? Few elements of the Bible’s message regarding human nature and our standing with God have been more misunderstood or intentionally distorted than the concept of sin. As the old line goes, “There’s good…
What Does the Bible Say about Suffering?
Problem of Evil, Today's Difficult ProblemsSuffering is a universal human experience. We all experience it in various ways and to varying degrees, whether through emotional pain, disease, death, natural disaster, or difficult circumstances. What does the Bible say about suffering? Why…