Burning Questions?
Hot song choices!
This past Sunday, Pastor John preached from the prophet Habakkuk who pinpointed the single biggest theological question everyone comes up against: If we know God can, then why would God not? God can stop the violence. God can stop the injustice. God can stop the oppression, but God doesn’t.
Habakkuk struggled with a question that caused him sleepless nights, loss of appetite, depression, and discouragement. As he looked at a world that was collapsing around him (a world much like the one we are living in right now, where it seems like everything is coming apart, where it seems like the bad guys win a lot more often than the good guys) he wrestled with this question, “If God is good, and God is in control, why is the world the way it is?” Habakkuk was awash in a sea of doubt. If we have ever been there, or one day we find ourselves there, we can learn this truth from Habakkuk: It is not a sin to doubt or ask questions of God.
In this week's All Saints Day music selection, the choir sang "Heritage of Faith" by Angerman & Paige, celebrating "All the Saints of God... who now from labors rest." The instrumentals, honoring our losses on a more personal level, included Josh Groban's "To Where You Are," David Foster's "Heaven Holds the Ones I Love," and Queen's "No One But You." Always surprises here at St. Matthew's - don't miss a week!
