Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Have you ever asked that question? Probably just about everybody has at some point in their life. But did you get any good answers?

There are good answers to that question. Some people have never heard them because they haven't asked the right people. But even if they have asked the right people and gotten some good answers, they were probably still left with some lingering question marks in their mind. That's because this question of suffering is one of those very big questions in life that goes to the very heart of what life is all about and what our purpose in life is and why we are here, so the subject is so vast, you can't possibly expect to sum it all up in 5 minutes or less, or even several hours. So does that mean we shouldn't even try to answer these questions? Of course not. That would be foolish. The most important questions in life are exactly the ones we should invest the most time into seeking answers to.

Tonight you will have an opportunity to spend about a half hour getting some of the best answers you can get (in such a limited time) to some of those most important questions.

Seek the answers with us. Seek them for your own good -- if you don't feel the need for them now, there's no doubt the time will come soon enough when suffering will enter your life and you will feel the need for them then. Be prepared. Seek them for the sake of your friends, too -- you may be the only one some of them know who could give them a good answer, a biblical answer, a true answer. Are you ready to rise to the occasion when you are called on to do so? It may be you who God wants to work through to meet that desperate need for hope in a hurting friend's life some day, sooner or later.

Answers and exploration at Oasis, 7:30pm tonight (Wednesday).

If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!

If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.

It all starts at 7:30pm tonight, and every Wednesday (during the semester).

Check out our schedule of other upcoming events below.

Hope to see you soon,
Steve