{"id":8980,"date":"2014-01-24T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=8980"},"modified":"2014-01-24T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T20:15:55","slug":"where-is-god-during-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/01\/where-is-god-during-tragedy.html","title":{"rendered":"Where is God During Tragedy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us grappled with the question \u201cWhere is God during tragedy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2014\/01\/Unstoppable-DVD-front-view-in-case-lores_cropped.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8983 alignright\" alt=\"Unstoppable DVD front view in case-lores_cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/01\/Unstoppable-DVD-front-view-in-case-lores_cropped-209x300.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Actor Kirk Cameron decided it was time to dig deeper and find the answer in \u201cUnstoppable,\u201d an independent documentary that sold over 260,000 tickets and grossed $3.2 million dollars in its theatrical release during two weeknights last fall. After losing his 15-year-old friend Mathew from cancer, Cameron wanted to understand suffering by going back to Adam and Eve. The film will weave insightful interviews, transparent moments, including the burial of his friend, and dealing with the gaping hole left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like a kick to the stomach,\u201d said Cameron, a father of six. \u201cIt took all the air out of my lungs. I found myself asking the question, which frankly, has destroyed people\u2019s belief in God. And that is God, where are you when bad things happen to good people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This sent him on a journey to document Mathew\u2019s funeral and burial. The Bible had great answer to the question of why God allows these things happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s [God] up to something. Let\u2019s go back and start at page one and let\u2019s climb up to heaven\u2019s\u00a0 balcony and get a big picture perspective on pain, suffering, and death. And so we go back to the Garden of Eden and that\u2019s where the movie begins,\u201d Cameron said.<\/p>\n<p>Through the trials of Cain, Abel, Noah and the flood, and the crucifixion of Christ, God remained in control the 43-year-old affirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2014\/01\/kirk2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8984 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"kirk2\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/01\/kirk2-300x164.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a>\u201cUnstoppable\u201d hit a snag in July. Facebook and You Tube banned his trailer and fan\u2019s from posting links to promote the film calling it \u201cunsafe.\u201d\u00a0 The trailer was unblocked after an outcry from supporters. Facebook said the address purchased for the movie was one used as a spam site and it still was not updated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s [God] steering all of it to work together for good for you and me,\u201d the star from \u201cFireproof\u201d said. \u201cThat gives me hope and confidence that I can trust the Author of the story we are in. If we could just hold onto the last chapter we\u2019ll close that book and say \u2018Hallelujah.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.unstoppablethemovie.com\"><b>Check out the DVD, with study guides, additional footage, and more.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirkcameron.com\/\"><b>Also, get an exclusive link to Kirk\u2019s new film \u201cMercy Rule\u201d about family\u2019s journey in patience, sacrifice, and courage for Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us grappled with the question \u201cWhere is God during tragedy?\u201d Actor Kirk Cameron decided it was time to dig deeper and find the answer in \u201cUnstoppable,\u201d an independent documentary that sold over 260,000 tickets and grossed $3.2 million dollars in its theatrical release during two weeknights last fall. 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