Does God Send Natural Disasters

Author : Troy J. Edwards
Publisher : Troy Edwards
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781540481566

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Does God Send Natural Disasters? by Troy J. Edwards Pdf

Many of our theologians have told us that God is the responsible agent for all of the natural evil that we suffer. These theologians and philosophers are not without their “Biblical” proof-texts. For them, Sodom and Gomorrah, the flood of Noah, the plagues of Egypt, the trials of Job, the end time events of the book of Revelation and other historical accounts recorded in Scripture provide sufficient evidence that God is behind most, if not all, natural disasters. This book will show us that by understanding how the “permissive idiom” of the Ancient Eastern and Hebrew cultures was used to describe God’s actions, we can get a fresh perspective of God’s place in many of the natural disasters in Scripture that were attributed to Him. We will then see a loving God who is not destructive but actually does all that He can to save men from destruction without violating their freedom.

Author : Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414369945

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An Act of God? by Erwin W. Lutzer Pdf

How can we begin to understand or explain the tough questions about world disasters? Should we question if God is in control of major disasters, or even ask if he caused them? How do we answer the probing questions of non-Christians? How can God be considered good and just in light of the tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and floods that are visited on his creation and his children? An updated, timely, and even more accessible edition of Where Was God? by Erwin Lutzer, bestselling author and senior pastor of The Moody Church, An Act of God? is a faith journey discussion about these and other life dilemmas.

Author : Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414331003

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Where Was God? by Erwin W. Lutzer Pdf

When natural disaster strikes, survivors and onlookers alike face questions about whether God is in control or how he could allow such tragedy to occur. Respected Bible teacher Erwin Lutzer offers answers about God's purposes, his goodness, and his ultimate plan. Without pretending to know the mind of God, Lutzer's answers assure the reader that God is still sovereign, and his plan is still best.

Author : Geoffrey E L Bennett
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781728391717

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Is God Incompetent? by Geoffrey E L Bennett Pdf

Is God to blame for natural disasters? Does He cause volcanic action, flooding, earthquakes, plague and genetic disease? Can He Prevent them? Why doesn’t He? Geoffrey E L Bennett uncovers deep Biblical insights linking them to twenty-first century cultural and scientific answers. Is God cruel or callous? Is He impotent or incompetent? How can I know if God even exists? Part one explores pain and shows how different cultural groups understand God to be vindictive and cruel, or else limited in power, or believe that suffering does not really exist. Part two examines Old Testament teaching on suffering, challenging the idea of ancient wisdom. Profound teaching is dissected from the minor and major prophets as well as the story of Job. Then the New Testament fulfillment of prophecy is examined, challenging perceived ideas, and finishes with an interpretation of the Apocalypse. The concluding solution to pain and suffering of God. Part three deals with scientific theories and twenty-first century concepts of the universe and the physical world, together with raw nature and biogenetic problems. What place does God have in our modern world? Do natural disasters “Acts of God” show a limited or incompetent Deity?

Author : Joel Hilliker,Philadelphia Church of God
Publisher : Philadelphia Church of God
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Why ‘Natural’ Disasters? by Joel Hilliker,Philadelphia Church of God Pdf

Catastrophic nature-related phenomena are forcing their way into the headlines with troubling frequency. Are earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, super-storms, floods, droughts and wildfires actually increasing? If so, is it merely coincidence—or is there a cause? Both religion and science struggle to answer. But there is an answer—and it gives profound and even inspiring meaning to these seemingly random disasters! You need to understand! In this booklet: • Something Is Wrong With the Weather • Why Does God Allow Suffering? • Are You Ready for the End of the World? • An End to Natural Disasters! This ebook is offered completely free of charge by the Philadelphia Church of God. However, please not that Google Play will need a verified Google Wallet account which requires your credit card information. In a small number of countries, a temporary authorization of $1 will be charged to your account but will be refunded. This refund can take up to 1 month to process.

Author : Dónal P. O’Mathúna,Vilius Dranseika,Bert Gordijn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319927220

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Disasters: Core Concepts and Ethical Theories by Dónal P. O’Mathúna,Vilius Dranseika,Bert Gordijn Pdf

This Open Access Book is the first to examine disasters from a multidisciplinary perspective. Justification of actions in the face of disasters requires recourse both to conceptual analysis and ethical traditions. Part 1 of the book contains chapters on how disasters are conceptualized in different academic disciplines relevant to disasters. Part 2 has chapters on how ethical issues that arise in relation to disasters can be addressed from a number of fundamental normative approaches in moral and political philosophy. This book sets the stage for more focused normative debates given that no one book can be completely comprehensive. Providing analysis of core concepts, and with real-world relevance, this book should be of interest to disaster scholars and researchers, those working in ethics and political philosophy, as well as policy makers, humanitarian actors and intergovernmental organizations..

Author : Adrian Hough
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781846943447

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The Flaw in the Universe by Adrian Hough Pdf

When we look at the world around us, one of the most common observations is that things have a tendency to go wrong. People make mistakes, have accidents and some of them commit deliberate acts of violence. Disease affects every single species of plant and animal on the planet. Natural disasters kill millions of people and decimate animal populations. Countless people and animals suffer through no fault of their own. Scientists explain these events in various ways depending upon whether they involve errors in human choices and actions or whether they are caused by natural events. Theologians give us a different set of religious explanations. At times it can appear as if there is a fundamental flaw in the universe. In this book, Adrian Hough uses his training and expertise as both a scientist and a theologian to approach this flaw from both directions and comes up with the astonishing result that both sets of reasoning might have the same fundamental explanation.

Author : Ruth Bell Graham
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200347

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Prodigals and Those Who Love Them by Ruth Bell Graham Pdf

Ruth Bell Graham knew about prodigals--two of her five children were spiritual wanderers. This is not a "how to" book that dispenses easy advice on ways to win back a prodigal. Instead, it is a collection of readings one woman turned to for comfort when her children wandered from God. It shows how Graham's faith persevered and grew regardless of the outcome of her prodigals' stories. Part One introduces readers to five prodigals who "returned to the father." Part Two offers comfort and encouragement through Scripture, poems, hymns, prayers, and more. Readers will be touched by the honest feelings of pain, frustration, and uncertainty Graham expresses so eloquently. And they will share in the lessons she learned about God's sovereignty and ultimate peace. Now beautifully repackaged, Prodigals and Those Who Love Them brings peace and hope to all parents of "wayward" children.

Author : Nancy Marie De Flon
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1616436875

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All Your Waves Swept Over Me by Nancy Marie De Flon Pdf

Reflections from nine authors, through the lens of each person's discipline or specialty, on the search for God's role in natural disasters.

Author : Theodore Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195309683

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Acts of God by Theodore Steinberg Pdf

This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.

Author : Peter J. Thuesen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190680282

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Tornado God by Peter J. Thuesen Pdf

One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods. Enlightenment thinkers derided such beliefs as superstition and predicted they would pass away as humans became more scientifically and theologically sophisticated. But in America, scientific and theological hubris came face-to-face with the tornado, nature's most violent windstorm. Striking the United States more than any other nation, tornadoes have consistently defied scientists' efforts to unlock their secrets. Meteorologists now acknowledge that even the most powerful computers will likely never be able to predict a tornado's precise path. Similarly, tornadoes have repeatedly brought Americans to the outer limits of theology, drawing them into the vortex of such mysteries as how to reconcile suffering with a loving God and whether there is underlying purpose or randomness in the universe. In this groundbreaking history, Peter Thuesen captures the harrowing drama of tornadoes, as clergy, theologians, meteorologists, and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of these death-dealing tempests. He argues that, in the tornado, Americans experience something that is at once culturally peculiar (the indigenous storm of the national imagination) and religiously primal (the sense of awe before an unpredictable and mysterious power). He also shows that, in an era of climate change, the weather raises the issue of society's complicity in natural disasters. In the whirlwind, Americans confront the question of their own destiny-how much is self-determined and how much is beyond human understanding or control.

Author : Terence E. Fretheim
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801038938

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Creation Untamed by Terence E. Fretheim Pdf

A leading Old Testament theologian addresses one of the most vexing questions in Christian life and theology: What is God's role in natural disasters?

Author : Richard Leonard, Sj
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616430856

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Where the Hell Is God? by Richard Leonard, Sj Pdf

Combines professional insights along with the author's own experience and insights to speculate on how believers can make sense of their Christian faith when confronted with tragedy and suffering.

Author : J. David Pawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1901949958

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Why Does God Allow Natural Disasters? by J. David Pawson Pdf

Author : Sharon Dirckx
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740936

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Broken Planet by Sharon Dirckx Pdf

In Broken Planet, Dr Sharon Dirckx, scientist and apologist, offers a measured and thoughtful case for how there could be a God of love that allows natural disasters. The question of suffering is one of the greatest hurdles to Christian faith. When believers respond to the question of why there is suffering in the world, they often turn to the free-will defence. This states that humans make choices for good or ill that can bring about suffering in the lives of others. However, that doesn't explain why children die of cancer, or why the latest earthquakes, tsunamis or pandemics have been so destructive. These seem to happen not because of our choices, but in spite of them. So how do we make sense of these events? Dr. Sharon Dirckx blends argument, science and first-person narrative in this unique book, weaving answers to real questions with compassion and empathy, while also acknowledging the element of mystery we will always live with while on earth. Dr Dirckx addresses topics such as: If God exists, why would he make a world with earthquakes and tsunamis? Why is there so much suffering in a natural disaster? Are natural disasters God's judgement? Is my illness a punishment from God? What kind of God would allow natural disasters and diseases? If you have ever struggled to reconcile the idea of a loving God with all the pain in our world, this book will encourage you that belief in such a God is not as unreasonable as it may seem. In fact, it may be where God is revealed most profoundly.