Which Of These Clichés Are YOU Tired Of Hearing?

4. Bad things happen to good people

Besides the fact that this is so over used and a stupid excuse to pout about how unfair life can be sometimes, it is theologically unsound. Remember Romans 3:23? “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” How about Romans 3:10 – “As it is written, ‘No one is righteous, not even one.'” Therefore, the definition of “good” is fundamentally flawed. Who is good? No one. A more accurate phrase would be, “bad things happen… to everyone,” though this doesn’t account for the grace of God, or our own responsibility in the choices we make, and consequences they have.

5. Money is the root of all evil

1 Timothy 6:10 actually says, “For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil…” Money is not good or bad, and being wealthy is not a sin; Job was wealthy and described as a man who was “blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil” (Job 1:1). When we place the desire for money above our desire to glorify God, then things get ugly. But that’s true of any idol we have in our lives. Again, the problem here is vilifying one thing, in this case money, when in reality there is a balance to all things. We have a personal responsibility and choice to make in regards to who (or what) gets all of our attention and love.