Who’s in Control? Family - Foundation

LITTLETON, Colo. - Sept. 9, 2013 - PRLog -- If God is in Control, Then Why…? (http://www.familyfoundations.com/2013/07/whos-in-control/)

By Craig Hill; 295 pages

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Excerpt from Craig Hill’s Blog “Who’s In Control?” published on July 9,, 2013.

“Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash Lands”

“509 Homes Destroyed in Colorado Spring Wild Fire”

Headlines like these beg the questions: “Is God in control or not?” “If He is in control, then why do bad things happen to good people?”  and, “When we’re faced with tragedy, how should we respond?”  In difficult circumstance, believers often attempt to comfort each other with spiritual clichés like these.  “Well, you know, God’s ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts.”  “Don’t worry, all things work together for our good.”  Or perhaps for the more cynical, “God is trying to teach you something.”

Those may sound good, but they don’t help.  I have found that many believers who have personally experienced tragedy will state with their mouth that God is good but in their heart they don’t believe it.  Have you ever felt that way?

The answer to these questions lies in understanding the difference between control and sovereignty.  Control implies an absolute dominion over that which is governed.  Sovereignty implies absolute ownership of that which is governed, the highest authority.

Exercising absolute control means forcing others to do your will.  If God exercised absolutely control there would be no question to outcomes.  There would be no sin or evil on earth.  But in God’s sovereignty He has chosen to limit His control and work through people.  He has given the human race authority and a free will and He will not violate that.

Exercising absolute control means forcing others to do your will.  If God exercised absolutely control there would be no question to outcomes.  There would be no sin or evil on earth.  But in God’s sovereignty He has chosen to limit His control and work through people.  He has given the human race authority and a free will and He will not violate that.

Again, I am probably challenging someone’s doctrine, but I hope it will cause you to think and look for answers.  To help I have written a book entitled, If God is in Control, Then Why?…  It will help you to understand how to trust a just God in an unjust world that seems fraught with tragedy.

IF GOD IS IN CONTROL THEN WHY...? deals with that difficult question about the nature of God that plagues the minds of most people. Whether you are a lifetime believer in Christ or you have just begun looking for answers, the question, "If God is in control, then why...?" has probably been one you have heard or asked many times in your life. Craig Hill has gifted insight into God's Word and an ability to teach through riveting real-life stories. This book brings understanding to the issue of God's sovereignty and will set your heart at peace, allowing you to trust a just God in an unjust world.

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Craig Hill holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Carleton College in Russian Area Studies and Geology and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago.

Upon completion of his formal education, Craig worked as a corporate manager in the oil and gas exploration industry for several years. Being an experienced pilot, he later founded and managed a Learjet charter service. During these years, Craig (being fluent in the Russian language) frequently took time off from his business endeavors to minister the Gospel to the peoples of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Craig met his wife, Jan, through Youth With a Mission.

Having a specific interest in ministering to marriages and families, Craig pursued an internship and later a volunteer staff position at the New Life Counseling Center in Denver. He subsequently taught counseling and missions on the faculty of the Marilyn Hickey Bible College. In 1987, the Lord raised up Craig as Senior Pastor of a local church where he and Jan served for seven and a half years, until he was called by God to devote his full-time energy to the ministry of Family Foundations International. (http://www.familyfoundations.com/)

Through his past experience in missions, counseling and pastoral ministry, God has given Craig unique insight into marriage, family, financial and interpersonal relationships. This has resulted in his ability to identify for many people, root causes of relational conflict, compulsive habits, low self-esteem, workaholism, lack of financial provision and other undesirable life patterns, which are repeated from one generation to the next. By interweaving personal stories with biblical truths, God has anointed Craig to pierce through the veil of the mind to minister to the depths of the heart, resulting in real life change for many.