How can a God of love allow injustice in the world?
The Bible makes it very clear that God is loving. But all of us experience pain, misfortune, and injustice. If we look at the wider world, we see terrible things, and enormous man-made catastrophes. So how can a God who loves us allow this kind of thing? Or do we have to conclude that God either isn’t loving, or isn’t all powerful — and would we want to worship a God who wasn’t loving, and what would be the point of worshipping a God who wasn’t all powerful? Read more >>> What about hell? Is that really a part of Christian teaching? Most of our ideas about hell (and, as it happens, heaven) don’t come from the Bible but from mythology and medieval art. The Bible does not teach much about hell and heaven, but what it does say is very clear and specific. After death, there is judgement, and that judgement determines whether a person goes to hell or to heaven. But this leaves us with three questions: first, how could a God of love send people to hell? Second, is it really true? And third,
