God Is Good

Articles About God Is Good

• God’s Biggest “Problem”

  

  Sept. 11, 2022

  AIDS, genocide, slavery, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism—where did these evils come from, and how could a loving God allow people to endure such horrors?

• Did God Create Williams Syndrome?

  

  March 4, 2018

  As Christians who embrace a life-affirming worldview, we often discuss how beautifully designed the human body is—a masterpiece of God’s creation. We know that we are “fearfully and wonderfully” made. So how does a child with a genetic disorder (or any “problem”) fit into this worldview?

• If God Made Woman for Man, Then What Is God’s Plan for Singleness?

  

  Feb. 12, 2016 from Countering the Culture

  This Valentine’s Day, in your singleness, I encourage you to look for love, for belonging, and for acceptance in what Jesus offers.

• Examining the True Character of God the Father

  Aug. 27, 2013

  Some people mischaracterize God the Father as only judgment and righteousness. While these are true characteristics, there is much more to our gracious heavenly Father.

• Misunderstanding God

  Feb. 22, 2013

  Why would an atheist oppose death and suffering, which are actually the “heroes” of an evolutionary worldview?

• Deceiving Children About God

  Feb. 15, 2013

  An atheistic mom from Texas explains why she doesn’t raise her children with God and attacks God by pushing her religion on CNN.

• Good Without God?

  Sept. 29, 2012 from News to Know

  Can’t we be good without God?

• Book Chapter

  Can God Be Tempted?

  Aug. 21, 2012 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 2

  The Bible clearly states that God cannot be tempted by evil, so why do other passages speak of God being tempted? Chris Russell, AiG–U.S., explains.

• Magazine Article

  Would He Condemn People to Eternal Torment?

  

  June 24, 2012 from Answers Magazine

  Those who question hell are asking the wrong question: What kind of God would not condemn His enemies to eternal torment?

• Magazine Department Article

  Evil at God’s Hand

  Feb. 5, 2012 from Answers Magazine

  We give God credit for the good things, but what is His role in the bad?

• Good God—Bad World? How Can That Be?

  Nov. 7, 2011

  The world is filled with pain, suffering, and death. How does a loving Creator fit into this messy picture?

• Magazine Article

  Why Do God’s Children Suffer?

  

  Oct. 30, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  A swimming accident as a teenager left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed.

• Semi-Technical Magazine Department Article

  The Source of All Wisdom

  

  July 6, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Why do so many scientists and intellectuals say “There is no God?”

• God and the Australian Floods

  Jan. 13, 2011

  Tragedies beyond description have hit Queensland. The question often comes up at this point: Where is God in the midst of all this loss of life and property?

• Feedback Article

  Is God Selfish and Vindictive?

  Oct. 8, 2010 from Feedback

  A concerned reader wonders how to respond to the claim that God is vindictive. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds.

• Feedback Article

  Is God Deceiving Us?

  Oct. 1, 2010 from Feedback

  Dr. Lisle responds to feedback concerning his recent paper on the distant starlight problem.

• If God Is Holy and Good, Why Is the World Unholy and Fallen?

  March 30, 2010 from Satan, the Fall, and a Look at Good and Evil

  How can God who is, according to Scripture, perfectly holy, create anything that can be unholy (or fallen)?

• Feedback Article

  Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?

  Jan. 30, 2009 from Feedback

  A surprising often-asked question is “why doesn’t God heal amputees”? Peter Galling and John UpChurch join in answering this alleged problem.

• Magazine Department Article

  The God Problem?

  Oct. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  Apparently, the author of God’s Problem never took seriously Genesis’s account of the origin of death and suffering.

• Book Chapter

  Introduction

  April 24, 2008 from How Could A Loving God...?

  Underneath these questions was a deeper question still, and it was a question that demanded an answer: Why would a loving God allow, or even cause, such pain, decay, and death?

• Why does the universe continue to exist?

  June 26, 2007

  God is not simply a passive observer, the Bible tells us that He sustains His creation—something that is evident from scientific research.

• Feedback Article

  Is God really good?

  May 25, 2007 from Feedback

  How can a good God send someone to hell.

• How Could a Loving God ... ?

  April 16, 2007

  When we accept Genesis as it was meant to be taken—as literal history—then we understand that death, disease, and violence are intrusions into this world.

• Feedback Article

  The “Harsh” God of the Old Testament

  Feb. 16, 2007 from Feedback

  "For a while a question has been on my mind; how come in the Old Testament God seems so mean and brutal?"

• Magazine Article

  When God’s Plan Hurts

  Jan. 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Through Barbara Edwards’ painful struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, she and her husband Brian developed a deep relationship with, and an everlasting hope in, their God and Savior.

• News Anchor Searches for God

  Nov. 6, 2006

  John Humphrys is a household name in the UK. He is one of the principal anchors of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, which broadcasts every morning of the week except Sunday.

• How Could a Loving God Allow It?

  Dec. 26, 2005

  The tremendous loss of life and property caused by the December 26, 2004 tsunami prompted many people to re-ask the question: how could a loving God allow it?

• Hurricanes and a Loving God?

  Nov. 1, 2005 from Answers Update

  If there really is a God of love, how can He allow these horrible things to happen?

• Given in the Love of Our Creator, Jesus Christ

  Sept. 27, 2005

  Hurrican Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast, and Answers in Genesis asked the question, "How can we help?".

• A Powerful Testimony: Sharing God’s Love in the Midst of a Tragedy

  Dec. 25, 2004

  Ken Ham interviews Frank and Sue Zitzman about the tragic death of their 17-year-old son and the way God is using them to minister to others as a result.

• God Glorified in Life and Death of a ‘Handicapped’ Child

  April 20, 2004

  The testimony of AiG supporter, Tom Carpenter of Georgia, USA, who recently lost his 15-year-old son after years of struggling with a devastating health condition.

• Magazine Article

  The “god” of an Old Earth

  Sept. 1, 1999, pp. 42–45

  Does the Bible teach that disease, bloodshed, violence and pain have always been ‘part of life’? What would this say about God?

• Technical Research Paper

  Did God Make Pathogenic Viruses?

  April 1, 1999, pp. 115–125

  A review of the structure, function, and role of viruses in ecology is presented.

• National Academy of Science is Godless to the Core–Survey

  Aug. 25, 1998

  The National Academy of Science (USA) has recently produced a guidebook for public school teachers, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science.

• Magazine Article

  Since God is the Author of Creation ...

  March 1, 1998, pp. 23–24

  There are many who have rejected the Genesis record of Creation on what they believe are 'scientific grounds.'

• Magazine Article

  Who is the God of Evolution—And Can He be Trusted?

  Dec. 1, 1990, pp. 36–38

  Was life created fully formed? Or did it evolve gradually by mutation and natural selection over millions of years? Why should anyone care?

• Book Chapter

  Death: A Curse and a Blessing

  July 1, 1987 from The Lie: Evolution

  There is an easy to understand reason why death and suffering exist in a world created by a God of love. Evolution (death over millions of years) destroys the foundation of the message of the cross.