IS IT GOD'S WILL FOR EVIL TO BE IN THE WORLD?

What do you think? Evil things that happen to you, me, and everybody else in the world make a lot of people wonder.  People struggle with trying to figure out what is going on in God's head concerning how He runs the universe.  Because He is omniscient and omnipotent, it is easy to assume He is responsible for EVERYTHING that goes on in our lives.  If you look at it that way, people never stood a chance in ever being on "God's good side."  The truth is, this way of thinking is not only backwards, but ridiculous.  God set the universe up based on a set of rules.  Some rules establish how everything exists, others are there for us to respect the decisions we make to that nothing interferes "with the affairs of man."  God made Adam, Eve, you, and me with a "free-will."  That means every human that has ever lived and will ever live has this right.  God made us in His image.  God never takes anything away that He gives.  He never took Satan's powers and authority in this world even though Jesus defeated him through death and resurrection.  The same applies to us.  Like my mom always told me, "You make your own bed, you have to lie in it."  That is the way it is.  People are affected positively and negatively by other people's decisions and actions.  As Christians, we are to spread the Kingdom of God in this world by infecting it through our lives and words. People who choose to do evil make those decisions to do evil to you and me........ NOT GOD.  Get that straight.  If you reflect on your past and remember times when you stole something or did something dishonest, realize God did not make you do anything.  What are your thoughts on this?

WHY IS GOD DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT?

Many people ask this question especially in relation to understanding the line between God's mercy and His judgment.  It is much easier to look at God from the outside than from in the inside.  This is the issue.  In the OT God seems to be much angrier than He is in the NT.  Why is that?  We read incredible stories of judgment and destruction and see that as how God wanted to deal with people.  By taking a closer look at those stories and understanding the situations that were going on, you risk digging deeper into uncovering the truth.  From the surface like simply looking at the picture on a book cover, your assumption becomes fact in your mind.  By truly wanting to understand, you need to investigate.  If someone stole your identity, you would immediately stop everything else in your life that is going on to find the culprit and discover how it happened, RIGHT?  Be honest. Let's be real. No faking here.  Don't hide behind excuses and make an honest effort.  In every act of judgment God struck upon people, this action followed years of begging people to turn from their evil ways and from their evil gods along with their idols.  God was provoked by the wickedness and refutal of man.  Back then there were rebellious angels that came to the Earth and ruled over men becoming their kings.  They had sexual relations with women and begat the offspring of the Giant race.  Men simply became slaves, eventually.  In the NT, however, a prophesied well-kept secret of God's mercy gets unveiled.  Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, coming to redeem everything Satan took from Adam while creating a new and more excellent covenant with the Father. What are your thoughts on this?

How Should We React To Radical Islamists?

How do you think we, as Americans and Christians, should react to the radical Islamists around the world as well as right here in America?  What do you think we should do if or when they start blowing buildings and cars up here like they do in other countries?