When Everything Hurts // Talking Elephants & Tipping Cows

You know those topics that are taboo? The topics that polite conversations avoid? The topics that we’re all thinking about it, but we’re not talking about—especially at church? Yeah...we’re going there. Politics, sex, alcohol, suicide, hell, suffering. We’re talking about all of these “Elephants in the Room” and we might even tip some “Sacred Cows” that have been built up in the process. Now you might be thinking: “This is going to be uncomfortable.” You’re right. It’s going to be uncomfortable...and eye-opening, healing, necessary. There is no better, safer place to discuss these topics than church. So with that in mind...can we talk?

What’s the oldest objection to the Christian faith? The Problem of Evil. This “problem” is actually a philosophical question—and a good one at that. “How do we reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing God?” I mean—can we? Can the Christian faith make a compelling explanation for why there is such pain and tragedy in the world?