Understanding suffering, evil, and the hope we have in Christ.
We all feel it.
The world is beautiful—but it is also broken.
We see love, joy, laughter, and meaning… but we also see sickness, injustice, tragedy, and death. We experience moments that feel full of life, and others that leave us asking hard questions.
If God is good, why is the world like this?
If God is powerful, why doesn’t He stop it?
Will suffering ever actually end?
These are not just philosophical questions. They are personal ones. They come from hospital rooms, funerals, broken relationships, and quiet moments where life doesn’t make sense.
This series walks through the Bible’s answer—from creation to the cross to the promise of a new creation—showing not only why suffering exists, but what God has done about it and what hope we have moving forward.
The world is broken because of sin—but God is faithful. He has acted in Christ, is working even now, and will one day make all things new.
📖 Walk Through the Series
1. If God Is Good, Why Is the World So Broken?
Start here.
The Bible begins with a good world. So why doesn’t the world feel that way now? This post explores the tension between God’s goodness and the brokenness we experience every day.
2. What Happened to the World? (Sin, the Fall, and Why Everything Changed)
If the world was created good, what went wrong?
This post walks through Genesis 3 and explains how sin didn’t just affect people—it fractured all of creation.
3. If God Is All-Powerful, Why Doesn’t He Stop Evil?
This is one of the hardest questions people ask.
If God can stop evil, why doesn’t He? This post explores God’s patience, His purposes, and why the delay of judgment is actually an expression of mercy.
4. What Has God Done About Evil? (The Cross Changes Everything)
God has not remained distant from suffering.
This post looks at how Jesus entered our broken world, bore sin and suffering on the cross, and defeated evil through His resurrection.
5. Will Suffering Ever End? (The Promise of a New Creation)
Evil is real—but it is not forever.
This post explores the return of Christ, final judgment, and the promise of a new heavens and new earth where pain, death, and the curse are gone.
Bonus: Is Suffering Always a Result of Personal Sin?
A common and often harmful misunderstanding is that all suffering is the result of something we’ve done.
This post looks at Jesus’ words in John 9:3 and explains why that assumption is not always true.
🧭 The Big Picture
This series follows the full story of the Bible:
- Creation — God made the world good
- Fall — Sin fractured everything
- Redemption — Jesus entered our suffering and defeated sin
- Restoration — God will make all things new
Understanding suffering only makes sense when you see the whole story.
The pain we experience is real—but it is not the end of the story. In Christ, suffering has been confronted, defeated, and will one day be completely removed.
🙏 Final Encouragement
If you are walking through suffering right now, this series is not meant to give cold answers—it is meant to point you to a faithful God.
A God who:
- created a good world
- did not abandon it when it broke
- entered into suffering through Jesus
- and promises to restore everything that has been lost
You are not alone. Your pain is not meaningless. And this is not the end of the story.
Because in a broken world, we still have a faithful God.
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Thanks for reading.
My prayer is that this series doesn’t just answer questions—but points you to Jesus.
— Pastor Thomas