David Arnold - Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People: Answers to One of Lifes Greatest Moral Questions

Until a man has found God, and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, andhe works to no end.

HERBERT G. WELLS

I n Deuteronomy 33:27, Moses reminded the children of Israel, The eternal God isyour refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Eternal means to go before,or precede, to be in front. God is in front, and after, all things and all creatures.We must remind ourselves not to be afraid of the future because He is our future.

The Eternal God

Before the hills appeared,

Or rivers and the seas,

Before the clouds were formed

To ride on gentle breeze;

Before a man was born,

Or any living thing;

Before the rain or snow

Or flowers in the spring;

And ere the paths of earth

By mortal men were trod:

Before it all, there was

The great eternal God.

When everything on earth

Decays and disappears,

As darkness of the night

Dissolves when daylight nears;

When stars no longer shine

And heavens pass away;

When time shall be no more

No longer night and day;

When skeptics and agnostics

Are all beneath the sod,

And none are left to challenge

There still will be our God!

Our unknown future is safe in the hands of the all-knowing God.

ANONYMOUS

D avid Arnold holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bible, and a Masters Degree in Theology.He has been in the ministry, serving as an evangelist and pastor, since 1970, andis presently senior pastor of Gulf Coast Worship Center, New Port Richey, Florida.

He and his wife, Linda, have three children, and several grandchildren. His weeklyarticles, 60 Seconds, are syndicated worldwide, via the internet. He also writesa monthly article for a local Tampa Bay, Florida, area newspaper.

He is the author of Discipleship Manual.

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Introduction

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Chapter 3: Thou Shalt Not Smoke

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Chapter 4: Echoes of Eternity

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Chapter 5: Paid in Full by a Cold Glass of Milk

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Chapter 6: I Want to be Like God

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