I was an atheist for more than 20 years, so I know firsthand the common rhetoric that arises in such circles when horrific tragedies like mass shootings and ISIS terrorist acts make the headlines. During those times, the atheist asks: “If God is good why does evil exist?”
Now I am lead pastor of a church with more than 60 nationalities, and I find that in these dark days the words of C.S. Lewis resonate more than ever: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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