When facing a tragedy like the violent tornados that struck the beautiful southern states, we must check ourselves before we respond out of ignorance. Some people have misinterpreted storms, earthquakes, and other weather-related calamities as a message from God. They assign these things as an arm of God’s judgement, giving veiled references to the tragic [...]
When facing a tragedy like the Haitian earthquake we must check ourselves before we respond out of ignorance. Jesus’ response to tragedy can serve as a lesson. Jesus is teaching that if we are not careful, we can think a tragedy is a targeted judgment of sin, when in fact; ALL tragedy is a result of the fallen world. The earth is groaning as in birth pains awaiting the redemptive work of God (Romans 8).
