Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Some people, even preachers, say that everything that happens in the world – good, bad, or otherwise – is the will of God. Is it?
“I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they suffer no pain; their bodies are healthy and sleek. They are free of the burdens of life; they are not afflicted like others” (Psalm 73:3-5 NAB). The realities of this life often just don’t seem to make any sense, even as they didn’t to Bible writer Asaph 3,000 years ago. The opposite of what common sense would tell us is what often happens. Why?