Bring May Flowers - Part 1

Pastor Daniel officially kicked off a new sermon series called, "Bring May Flowers". During this 5-week session, we will discuss the age-old question: Why do bad things happen?
This is a question that each of us has probably asked and that the world around us continues to bring up as an argument against our God. Therefore, as Christians, we believe that we must have an answer to this question and that it must be based in the Bible.

We first discussed 3 basic principles for this study:

1) Answers to life's big questions can't be based on what we want to be true.
2) Answers to life's big questions can't be based on what we fully understand.
3) There are ultimately two causes of "bad things"- natural/supernatural or humanity

During Part 1, we focused on how God created this world and said that all was "good". This means that God cannot be blamed for the bad things that happen here. Sin has distorted the perfect world and continues to cause many of life's struggles.
However, we are not without hope! The Bible promises that God is our present refuge and strength during pain and that he is our future salvation for a painless eternity!