From the Bible in one year:
'God Intended It for Good'
In 1947, a young New Yorker named Glenn Chambers had a lifelong dream to work for God in Ecuador. At the airport on the day of departure, he wanted to send a note to his mother but he didn’t have time to buy a card. He noticed a piece of paper on the terminal floor and picked it up. It turned out to be an advertisement with ‘Why?’ spread across it. He scribbled his note around the word ‘Why?’ and put it in the post box. That night his aeroplane exploded as it hit the 14,000-foot Colombian peak El Tablazo. When his mother received the note after the news of his death the question burned up at her from the page… ‘Why?’
Why does God allow such suffering? This question is the single greatest challenge to the Christian faith. The amount of suffering and its distribution seem to be random and unfair. It outrages and bewilders us.
Theologians and philosophers have wrestled for centuries with the mystery of undeserved suffering, and no one has ever come up with a simple and complete solution...
We see that although suffering is never good in itself, God is able to use it for good in a number of ways. God loves you. Your suffering is also God’s suffering. He suffers alongside you. Yet he does not always simply remove suffering from your life; he sometimes uses the bad things that happen to bring about his good purposes. ... See MoreSee Less
Pray for NISCU as they serve local schools throughout Cumbria and Lancashire, including Rachel and Hayley who work in schools across north Cumbria. Beveridge Road ... See MoreSee Less
TONIGHT AT 7.30PM ON ZOOM
Meeting ID: 998 637 5276
Passcode: 032020 ... See MoreSee Less
Pray that our home groups will build relationships with God and one another. Give thanks for the commitment of our home group leaders. Denton Street ... See MoreSee Less
Pray for the ministry of Carlisle Network Youth Church, and Kristian and Sophie who head up this work. Give thanks for the birth last month of Kristian and Leah’s fourth child, a baby daughter Eira. Conisburgh Court ... See MoreSee Less
