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"If God created everything did He also create evil?" This common question was asked of me today and so I decided to create a video to answer the question. I'm not sure how many times I have heard this question asked to me, on the radio, in church, and on other types of media. In this 17-minute video, I make this a very simple answer. There is a deeper issue that we as Christians need to understand and if we get that, then this is simple. Watch all the way to the end to get a scripture reference that summarizes everything I say. You will need to do your own study on the passage. Thank you for investing in your life and the permanent lives of others with God.

LIVING IN PERMANENCE

As a Christian, what is my primary objective? Is it survival? Is it success? Is it health, accomplishment, or significance? Scripturally, it is about only one thing; my primary objective is equal to God's primary objective, which is permanent union with Him. If I engage Him in permanent union then the things of this temporal experience are less daunting. If my objective is about survival then the things of this temporal world are of extreme significance because they threaten my survival.

After years of working to assist clients, friends, and myself with experiences of what we were calling anxiety and depression, I began to ask new questions. One of those questions was: "If various things like chemicals can feel exactly like anxiety then how do I know I am feeling anxious and not the effects of something else?" I began to ask more of these questions and noticed similar patterns in the way people spoke about anxiety and depression and have come to realize that in my life and the lives of most of the people I work with, the anxiety and depression are usually not something negative, but only becomes negative when it is something we are trying to avoid instead of something that is actually trying to equip us for what our body and brain need at that moment, apart from some other objective. Better questions lead to better answers. I'm asking new questions about anxiety and depression.

After years of working to assist clients, friends, and myself with experiences of what we were calling anxiety and depression, I began to ask new questions. One of those questions was: "How do I know the difference, in my body, between exhaustion or lack of nutrients and depression; they both physically feel the same?" I began to ask more of these questions and noticed similar patterns in the way people spoke about anxiety and depression and have come to realize that in my life and the lives of most of the people I work with, the anxiety and depression are usually not something negative, but only becomes negative when it is something we are trying to avoid instead of something that is actually trying to equip us for what our body and brain need at that moment, apart from some other objective. Better questions lead to better answers. I'm asking new questions about anxiety and depression.