United Methodist Church of Kent Sermon Podcast

The terrorist shouts, “God is great,” while slaughtering innocent people. The terrorist cannot shout, “God is good.” To say, “God is good,” is to make a fundamental claim about life—that good will triumph over evil, because the very nature of God is to create good. But how does goodness win? There is an extraordinary answer in Jesus.

In order to find the answer to one’s sickness, it is essential to correctly diagnose the problem! The great human errors of the past century—from Communism to secular materialism to the current Islamist terrorism—are all rooted in a wrong understanding of our basic problem. God’s Word gives us the key diagnosis, and so points us to the cure.

Are we more than a cosmic accident? Does life have any ultimate purpose? Is there a Master Designer and Artist behind all that we see? The Bible gives a clear answer, which is fully coherent with modern science.