EP 406 The Question Of Suffering 94 - 101

Christmas evokes numerous emotions, and in 1994, the emotions Dr. Betters experienced were not of warm, fuzzy Christmas scenes, but heart breaking as he faced his second Christmas without his sixteen-year-old son, Mark.
Christmas happens when Israel is at its lowest. Dr. Betters’ points out the similarities between our culture and Israel’s. What better time than to confront the question of pain and suffering? In this message we learn that the root cause of our doubt rests in the alleged sovereignty of man. Job is a classic example of someone learning that as hard as he tried, he was not sovereign over the circumstances of his life. We join Job is asking hard questions about pain and suffering.