This is part two answering the question, “Is it unjust that God allows some people to suffer more than others?” which is part of the larger series answering the question, “How can a loving God allow suffering?” Part one was posted on March 1, 2014.

Didn’t Biblical Characters Have the Right to Question God?

When you read Job chapters one and two, you see a word picture about a Divine courtroom in which a man appeared to be simply a pawn in a trial. Satan entered God’s throne room and God displayed His blameless and noble servant Job. Satan accused God, claiming that Job was that virtuous only because God had blessed him so much. So God allowed Satan to take his children and his business! Then to make matters worse, in the next Divine courtroom scene, God also allowed Satan to touch Job’s body, but not allow him to take his life. In the agony of losing ten children, his livelihood and his health, Job responded, Continue reading →

This begins a two part posting to answer the question, “Is it Unjust That God Allows Some People to Suffer more than others?” in the larger series of asking the question, “How can a loving God allow suffering?” The second part will be posted tomorrow.

Is There Injustice?

So far, we have had an honest discussion of a multitude of ways people suffer. We’ve looked at it from both a horizontal perspective (man’s view) and also a vertical perspective (God’s view). We may not have identified every conceivable way that people suffer, but we have looked at different categories. There certainly seems to be a vicious nature of it, which has been described. Continue reading →