tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33397914.post9208423981843702733..comments2023-02-26T13:06:50.021-06:00Comments on Mini Ministry: Believe because you know Him // Personal and practical musings on the Christian life: Resurrection Day 2011: WHY? do bad things happen to good people?miniministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17087730774899565789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33397914.post-474181926056396952011-08-21T16:25:34.545-05:002011-08-21T16:25:34.545-05:00I have a simpler Explanation. Bad things happen to...I have a simpler Explanation. Bad things happen to good people because misfortune does not discriminate on the basis of good deeds. Bad things happen to good people because probability does not exclude them.The Debunkisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715498873898274429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33397914.post-19507112019845144722011-08-11T10:18:22.918-05:002011-08-11T10:18:22.918-05:00Cris, certainly the standard issue question is oft...Cris, certainly the standard issue question is often asked emotionally in times of crisis. However, I have posed two questions: The big, emotional question, "Why?" and the second, "Do bad things actually happen to 'good' people?" by which I desired to draw out the Gospel in a way many to whom I have spoken tend to miss.<br /><br />Regarding the emotional, as noted, bad things happen to everyone without exception in this broken world, and there is terrible pain (of which many friends and I have known much these past few years). Yet even as we go through these things, believers can rejoice in that we have not only a Redeemer from sin but One who is bringing restoration to our world. I pray our focus, regardless of circumstance, remains on what Jesus has done, is doing and will do.miniministryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087730774899565789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33397914.post-72716928173544924502011-08-11T00:10:04.378-05:002011-08-11T00:10:04.378-05:00I understand the bumper-sticker "cleared myse...I understand the bumper-sticker "cleared myself of the question" defining everyone as bad, and I don't necessarily disagree on the angle that you're taking, but isn't this question usually asked from an emotional position and not as an intellectual one? We ask this when a loved one dies too young, or a Dad loses his job. Sometimes bad things have even happened to people who have been redeemed by Jesus sacrifice on the cross.Cris Sherfinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562148264569227176noreply@blogger.com