PART 5 OF “OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GOD”
March 13, 2010
By Kevin M
“There are starving children in the world, so how can there be a God?”.
Have you ever heard that question, or a variation of it? Have you maybe wondered about it yourself?
If you’re not a believer, rest assured that even believers wrestle with this question. We see the same injustice and human misery that everyone else does, and yes, we struggle to come to terms with the existence of a loving God in the midst of it. But while as believers we may not fully understand what often looks from a human standpoint to be an apparent contradiction, we don’t allow it to be an obstacle to faith either.
That faith isn’t an abdication of rational thinking, but a willingness to accept some self-evident truths, including this one:
A true God does not exist to serve man
Who Do You Give Thanks to at Thanksgiving?
By Kevin M
In light of the Thanksgiving holiday, we’re going to take a break from the regular fare of careers and money on this site. There are, after all, some things that are more important than money—and even careers! One of them is marked by this very holiday, but I think it often gets lost in the shuffle.
We’ll be sitting down to celebrate this holiday we call Thanksgiving, and what is it we will be thankful for? More specifically, who are we giving thanks to? Are we giving thanks to anyone?
The definition of “thanksgiving”
Maybe it would be best if we begin with a definition. Dictionary.com provides the following definitions of the term “thanksgiving” (little “t”):
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