175 and Counting: God, Suffering and Evil
The Lord's Day Morning April 1, 2012 “175 and Counting: God, Suffering and Evil” Genesis 50:20 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 50 verse 20. We’re going to be looking at four passages this morning, one in Genesis 3, the one here in Genesis 50, then one in Acts chapter 2, and in Romans 8, but we want to begin with Genesis 50 verse 20, and you’ll understand why in just a few moments. Perhaps you have heard or read literature in which atheists or skeptics or unbelievers have questioned the truth claims of the Bible or of Christianity or have denied the existence of God because of the problem of evil. The argument goes something like this: How can you believe that there is a sovereign God who is also…