Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 27, 2014
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wallis, Texas
Sermon Text: Romans 8:28-39
Sermon Theme: “Is God A Good God?”
(Sources: Emphasis Online Illustrations; original ideas; Anderson’s Cycle A Preaching Workbook; Believer’s Bible Commentary; Hebrew/Greek Key Study Bible)
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
A college professor asked his class to write a paper outside of class on the subject, “Is God A Good God?”
One student struggled with this topic all weekend, and finally went to her pastor to see if he could help her with the paper. In speaking with her pastor, she asked, “If God is a good God, how can we account for all the evil in this world?”
To this question, her pastor answered her with a question, “Yes, I agree that there is evil in the world, but is God to blame for this evil?”
The young college student wasn’t sure how to answer her pastor’s question so she asked him another question, “Perhaps God isn’t to blame for all that is wrong in the world, but why doesn’t God do something to make the world a better place?”
To this, her pastor replied, “God has! God placed you in this world! So get busy!” Continue reading