Inside Story for Friday 14th of February 2025 By Andrew McChesney Grace Babcock woke up suddenly in the middle of the night to the sound of an angry voice. “You don’t know,” the voice said. “You don’t understand.” Grace wasn’t scared. If anything, she was annoyed about being woken up in her one-bedroom apartment at … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 14th of February 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “Why Was Sin Permitted?” Pages 33–43, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “Even when he was cast out of heaven, Infinite Wisdom did not destroy Satan. Since only the service of love can be acceptable to God, the allegiance of His creatures must rest upon … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 13th of February 2025 God has granted creatures free will because it is necessary for love; misuse of this free will is the cause of evil. Again, many questions remain. God allows evil (for a time), while passionately despising it, because to exclude its possibility would exclude love, and to destroy … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 12th of February 2025 However much we don’t understand of God’s ways and thoughts, Scripture does reveal some things that help to address the problem of evil. One avenue for addressing the logical problem of evil is known as the freewill defense. The freewill defense is the view that evil is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 11th of February 2025 God proclaims in Isaiah 55:8-9, “ ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts’ ” (NKJV). … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 10th of February 2025 The end of history will come with the triumph of love over evil. But, in the meantime, many troubling questions remain. How can we think and talk about the problem of evil in a way that might be helpful? Read Job 38:1-12. How does God’s answer to … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 9th of February 2025 The problem of evil is voiced not only in contemporary contexts but also in Scripture itself. Read Job 30:26, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 13:22, Malachi 2:17, and Psalms 10:1. How do these texts bring the problem of evil to the forefront of human experience? These texts raise many … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 8th of February 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Job 30:26; Matthew 27:46; Job 38:1-12; Psalms 73:1-28; Genesis 2:16-17; Revelation 21:3-4. Memory Text: “ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 7th of February 2025 By Andrew McChesney American missionary Joanne (Park) Kim was walking to her rented apartment in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was the dead of winter, and the midafternoon temperature was about minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius). Then Joanne saw an intoxicated man lying on the sidewalk. She … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 7th of February 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “God’s Love for Man,” Pages 9–15, in Steps to Christ. “The word of God reveals His character. He Himself has declared His infinite love and pity. When Moses prayed, ‘Show me Thy glory,’ the Lord answered, ‘I will make all My goodness … Continue reading –>
