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“How Can I Believe in a Violent God?”
While the Bible teaches and Christians insist that God is love, the Old Testament tells many stories of God acting violently towards people who are opposed to him. What are we to make of these stories, and how can enlightened people believe in a God who acts out with violence in anger? Chuck and Aaron discuss this question on this episode of Craving Answers, Craving God.
Episode 139 | 35 minutes
Some Questions About Christianity (Ep58)
Christians are called to defend their faith when others have questions about it. Chuck and Aaron discuss a handful of common misunderstandings people have about Christianity and the Bible, and talk about what’s behind those misconceptions and the reality they obscure.
Why Doesn’t God Show Himself? (Ep57)
All people, believers and unbelievers alike, long to experience the transcendent, long to see God. And if the Bible is true, and God longs to reveal himself to his human creatures, then why doesn’t he show himself to us? Christianity insists he has.
Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (Ep56)
If God is good, and if he is all-powerful, then why do bad things happen? Why doesn’t he stop evil? Where is God when good people suffer? In this episode Chuck and Aaron talk about the nature of the God of the Bible, the nature of evil, and how God experiences the evil of this world along with his human creatures.
What is Christmas All About? (Ep55)
Christmas, in the West, is an unavoidable cultural phenomenon. But what does all the fast-paced overspending mean? According to the Bible, Christmas is the moment in human history when God becomes a human being in order to become one of us so that we can be restored to a relationship with God.
Does God Want Me to Be Happy? (Ep54)
We all desire happiness and are convinced that the pursuit of happiness is a worthwhile goal, but our conviction that physical and relational circumstances have the ability to make us happy have not paid out on that promise. God, though, has designed us to find our happiness in him, and we will finally discover true, permanent happiness in a relationship with him through Jesus.
What is Freedom? (Ep53)
Every person longs to be free from oppression and restriction, and there are many philosophical ideas and political systems which promise to provide this freedom. Jesus, too, promises freedom, and unlike all other attempts to provide and maintain freedom only the liberty gained and guaranteed by Jesus has managed to be real and permanent.`
Are Humans Good or Bad? (Ep52)
While some worldviews see people as basically good, and some worldviews see people as basically bad, Christianity is the only worldview which sees humans in all their complexity, as both good and bad.
Can Prayer Change God’s Mind? (Ep51)
The Bible tells us that God never changes. It also tells us to pray because God listens to our prayers and responds to them, sometimes doing what we ask. This only looks like a contradiction – the sovereign God who never changes has decided to use the prayers of his people to accomplish his good purposes. The Bible tells us that God never changes. It also tells us to pray because God listens to our prayers and responds to them, sometimes doing what we ask. This only looks like a contradiction – the sovereign God who never changes has decided to use the prayers of his people to accomplish his good purposes.
Is God Angry With Me? (Ep50)
The Bible tells us that God is a God of love, but it also frequently describes him as an angry God. No one likes the idea of an angry, judging God, but the Bible makes it clear that God’s anger does not mean he lacks love, but happens precisely because he is all-loving.