The Problem of Pandemics

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The Problem of Pandemics

March 29, 2020 • Steve Bateman

The pain and suffering already caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) naturally raises questions we would like to ask of God. Why this? Why now? Why here? Why us? In other words, we want God to explain himself. Many in this season will doubt God's love, ability, knowledge, or even his existence. But these questions are not unique to our generation. Every generation has had to wrestle with these three truths affirmed in Scripture:
1. God is strong.
2. God is smart.
3. God is good.

The Ground of All Reasonable Hope

May 10, 2020 • Steve Bateman

The book of Job concludes with a perfect resolution that is unrealistic in most circumstances. Real life simply does not work like this for most people who trust in the Lord. Yet in God's sovereign plan, Job's extraordinary experience of prosperity and adversity, becomes a template for our own lives in an unexpected way.

"Then the Lord Answered"

May 3, 2020 • Steve Bateman

To Understand Suffering, Study Science

April 26, 2020 • Steve Bateman

Throughout his suffering Job grows bolder in demanding an explanation from God, even suggesting that God has been unjust. Thus far, God has been silent, allowing everyone to enter their opinions into the public written record for all time. But now, God speaks and surprisingly answers Job’s questions with questions of his own that invite Job to study science.