The Narrow Path Ministries

Sinners are the source of sin, and sin is the source of suffering....To get rid of suffering he must get rid of sin. Sin comes from sinners. To allow sinners who did not want to stop being sinners to go into a perfect world and thereby destroy its perfection by continuing to sin, he would not be go...

dbuddridge, Your header question implies (though veiled) that God is not good. If God were all good by any definition people normaly understand "good" to mean, then He would not have allowed evil to occur in the first place. Bob Would God be good if he denied the chance to live to [say] Martin Luth...

This article is a re-working and further explaining my initial posting found at : http://www.wvss.com/forumc/viewtopic.php?t=1882&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 which attempted to demonstrate how the Gospel answers the age-old question about how God can be all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good if...

I don't have time to read such a large post, but I think this is the core of the issue (correct me if I'm wrong), so I will focus on this, and I'm strictly operating on an assumption that the Christian Bible is true. 1) You state in the bolded part that the source of suffering is all human beings. ...

This email is in response to an article posted at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0725/p01s02-ussc.html which is about pastors having difficulty in explaining how a good God could create a world in which suffering occurs. The article is pasted at the bottom of this email. The Christian Gospel provide...

I agree wholeheartedly that the response of the Amish in this particular situation has been an exemplary display of Christian love and principle. However, it would have been more to the point had the gunman lived and been captured by the police. In that scenario, what should they have done? Should t...

The question that I am raising here is whether a Christian can in good conscience engage in activities directly or indirectly relating to the conduct of modern war. This includes direct activities as working as a combat-soldier, through to indirect activities such as munitions production or other ac...

Hi, Fortunately for me, I have not been beaten up because of any christian activities I have engaged in - although it has happened to friends of mine in the past, and wanted to hear what other peoples opinions on what would be the appropriate respons I am considering this in light of Jesus' words to...

Here is a sermon I prepared for fathers day just gone on this very passage. Hope it is helpful. God bless, David. Sermon Fathers Day Being fathers day today, I did think about doing something light and fluffy. Then I thought “the heck with it, I'm no good at light and fluffy anyway”. But this is abo...

Thankyou for your prayers MLH. My wife passed away on 29 March, 2006 after 7.5 years of marriage. In one sense she is truly healed - she now has more health, strength and love than I. Everything I wanted to say on the matter, I put on the program for her funeral that was handed out to many people wh...