There are some phone calls that you never forget.  This particular night I received one of them. The Phone Call It was a late Wednesday night and we had all made it to bed.  I had just drifted off to sleep when I was awakened by the ringing of our phone.  Calls to a pastor this late at night are never good…and this one would be no different.  A man in our church with two teenage daughters had passed away of a heart attack…in the arms of his youngest daughter.  It was so sudde

-How to help hurting children- There are some phone calls that you never forget.  This night I received one of them. The Phone Call It was a late Wednesday night and we had all made it to bed.  I had just drifted off to sleep when I was awakened by the ringing of our phone.  Calls to a pastor this late at night are never good…and this one would be no different.  A man in our church with two teenage daughters had passed away of a heart attack…in the arms of his youngest daught

I’m sure you have either heard this question or asked this question.  Why is this question so common?  Because we seek justification for suffering!  It bothers us when we see moral and upright people that seem to suffer ‘bad things’ beyond what we think God should allow…but when a morally bankrupt and corrupt person suffers, our sinful flesh seems to be satisfied. Let me make two points.   1. Is there such a thing as a good person?  2. Should we judge painful things to be ‘ba