Item: A book delineating the limits of God's power becomes a best seller.Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (New York: Schocken Books, 1981).
Item: A group of world church leaders publicly defines Christ Jesus' purpose as "reconciling God with humankind,"The Christian Science Monitor, August 10, 1983. rather than as reconciling humanity to God.
Many have come to reject the Old Testament concept of a vengeful Deity who punishes His creation, but an increasing number of people now doubt God's ability to actually help man. Is the Supreme Being really supreme? All-powerful? To some it has become an open question.
