Skeptical: Why Do Bad Things Happen?

by Rev. Grant Armstrong
Sunday, January 10, 2021
John 9:1-11
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SERMON NOTES 
I. Evil is risk built into a creation with the freedom to make choices.
II. Pain is real. Love is still more powerful.
III. God’s answer to pain and wrong is compassion.

FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION
- What's the toughest question you've been asked in an interview?
- How would you define good? What is the foundation for that definition?
- Describe a situation where you know the right thing to do, but you're tempted to do something else.
- How did the life of Jesus acknowledge the reality of human suffering? Why is that important?
- How is God's call to compassion a better option than God simply preventing all evil? How can that be disappointing?
- What act of compassion is the Holy Spirit inviting you to engage this week?
- What is God saying to you through today's scripture?