Tag Archives: death

Acts of God — Not! #8:
What Is Suffering for Jesus?

By | 19 Feb 2011

The last 8 posts (sheesh I can be long-winded!) 🙂 I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, causing them disasters, and the like. We’ve covered the related issues of covenants, the sovereignty of God, the authority of believers, the promises of God in His Word, the role of Satan, and Jesus being “God-in-sandals,”… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #7:
Jesus as God-in-Sandals

By | 24 Jan 2011

Over the last 7 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, inflicting them with diseases, stealing their jobs or homes, etc., etc. In these we’ve covered several aspects of this issue, such as our covenant with God, the believer’s authority on this earth, the promises of God, and the role of Satan… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #6:
A Semi-Scholarly Analysis of the Book of Job

By | 22 Dec 2010

In the last several posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around killing His children, inflicting them with diseases, or causing calamities and disasters nowadays. In Part 2 of this series, I listed 4 factors not generally understood about the Bible which causes many to misunderstand this issue. In this installment,… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #5:
The Promises of God

By | 16 Dec 2010

In the last 5 posts, I’ve been making the case the God of the Bible does not go around killing His children, inflicting them with diseases, or causing disasters nowadays. This post, we’ll continue exploring the promises of God. In my last post, we discussed how God has sovereignly limited His own sovereignty by telling us in His… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #4:
The Sovereignty of God’s Word

By | 3 Dec 2010

In the last 4 posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around killing His children, inflicting them with diseases, or causing disasters. In the second article of this series, I listed 4 factors not generally understood about the Bible which causes many to misunderstand the issue. This post we’ll tackle… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #3:
Spiritual Authority

By | 3 Nov 2010

Lately I’ve been talking about how God doesn’t kill or visit sickness and disasters upon His children. We’ve discussed blood covenants in the last 2 posts. Now let’s move on to the subject of spiritual authority. The first aspect we’ll address is the sovereignty of God. God is indeed Ruler of the Universe. He has invested 100% of… Read More »