
44: Big Questions: Tackling Some Doozies
The Boundless Bible
Did God Intentionally Redirect My Life?
David asks whether delays and setbacks are divine interventions or human error; hosts frame the long-standing theological debate.
Ever had that gut-punch moment when youâre late, the lights are all red, and you wonder if itâs randomâor a redirect from God? We open with that everyday tension and follow it into the deep end: revelation, free will, and the way God teaches us at our level. One of us argues that God already showed up decisively in Jesus; another names the reality of spiritual blindness and the openness that precedes sight; the third maps out how revelation arrives in stages, the way a good teacher builds from counting to calculus. Along the way we ask a hard pastoral question: what about people who never hear the name of Jesus? We explore the âhall of faith,â the yearning Augustine described, and the difference between honest ignorance and willful rejection.
We also take aim at the moving target of âenough evidence.â From archaeology to personal testimony, proof keeps surfacing, yet the bar shifts. Deuteronomy 29:29 reminds us that some things remain secret while revealed things call for action. Isaiah 1:18 invites us to reason with God, not to stall out in doubt, but to walk forward with a cleaner heart. Then Psalm 73 steers us into why the wicked look like theyâre winning. We contrast comfort with character, ask what success delivers when storms hit, and share how peace and purpose outlast applause.
Finally, we wrestle with suffering and sovereignty. In an ordered universe shaped by gravity, consequence, and human agency, bad things happenâsometimes through choice, sometimes through nature. Providence sits in the middle: Godâs provision and guidance that can turn all things to good for those who love Him. Think GPSâmiss a turn, it recalculates; keep ignoring, the route changes, yet grace keeps opening roads. We push for accountability without shame, faith without denial, and an honest partnership with a God who invites us to âreason together.â
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