
God's complaint box?

Isabel Cowles Murphy • god the toddler almighty
Theodicy names the abstract “problem of pain”—the logical dilemma of how God can be good and all-powerful even as horrible things regularly happen in the world. And it also names the crisis of faith that often comes from an encounter with suffering.2
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
We can question God; after all, that’s part of what happens in a relationship. He’s not threatened by our questions, but He’s also not required to give us any of the answers we’re seeking.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
What are you really living for, what is your real—not your professed—god? A good way to discern this is how you respond to unanswered prayers and frustrated hopes. If you ask for something that you don’t get, you may become sad and disappointed. Then you go on. Hey, life’s not over. Those are not your functional masters. But when you pray and work
... See moreTimothy Keller • Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
theodicy is the longing for a God who notices our suffering, who cares enough to act, and who will make all things new.