Hard Questions
Suffering, judgment, violence, hell, slavery, difficult commands, apparent tensions, difficult theology, and sincere questions people struggle with.
Job 1:1, Job 2:11-13, and Job 42:7-9
Why were Job’s friends wrong if some of what they said sounded true?
Job’s friends started by sitting with him in grief, but the story does not end with God praising their words.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 and Matthew 26:36-46
Why doesn’t God answer every prayer the way we ask?
The Bible teaches us to pray boldly, but it also shows faithful people not receiving exactly what they asked for.
Exodus 7:1-5, Exodus 8:15, and Exodus 9:12
Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart?
Exodus says Pharaoh hardened his heart, but it also says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
Exodus 34:6
Why does God seem so different in the Old Testament?
The Old Testament has wars and judgment. The Gospels give us Jesus. Are we looking at two different versions of God?
Genesis 22:1
Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice Isaac if He was going to stop him?
God stopped Abraham before Isaac died. So why ask him to do something so terrifying?
Genesis 4:3-5
Why did God accept Abel's offering but reject Cain's?
Genesis tells us whose offering God accepted, but not the simple reason most of us expect.