Subject: where did God come from? |
Bible Note: Tinaraine - It's tough to lose parents at any time, particularly when one is so very young. I know. My father died when I was a lad of 10. It's tougher to lose a child. I know that too. My son died when he was not quite 21. So, whom does one blame for the hard knocks of life? Do we let God take the rap for our sorrows while we take credit for our joys? Do we follow the advice of misguided people like Job's wife who, when Job was drowning in a sea of troubles, enjoined him to curse God and die? (Job 2:9) ...... Is God unfair? Is He silent, is He hidden, does He care? ..... It seems to me that your husband has, as we all at times have had, some profoundly important things on his mind -- questions that cry out for answers. And so may I please offer to you and to him a short list of books? They have helped me and numberless other human beings to soothe a faith that's almost been shattered by the slings and arrows of life and the stiff-necked stubbornness of the human will. The books are: 1. The Bible. 2. Disappointment with God, by Philip Yancey. 3. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis. 4. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell. The latter two books were written by men who were professing atheists for a number of years before their encounter with Jesus Christ, who turned their lives around, as He always does. ..... I am personally acquainted with a man of an exceptionally keen intellect who is now a very effective evangelist. He was an atheist as a young man. But along came an old pastor of a country church who challenged this young man to read the Bible from cover to cover, with as much objectivity as he could muster, before giving up on God for the rest of his life. The young self-proclaimed atheist accepted the challenge and began to read at Genesis 1:1. I believe he made it as far as the Gospel of Luke before he became a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ! He's living proof that "the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword" just as Hebrews 4:12 says it is. ..... You and your husband have my best wishes and my prayers. --Hank |