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In chapter 25 of Christian Apologetics, Douglas Groothuis discusses the problem of evil from a Christian perspective. In this chapter he gives five unsatisfactory answers to evil. The first one is atheism. I thought this was quite helpful: Given the surfeit of evil, atheism advances itself as intellectually and morally superior to Christianity (and any religion). Atheism is …
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I really appreciated Henri Blocher's book Evil and the Cross. It's a helpful discussion about the problem of evil from a Christian perspective. I've blogged about it before so I won't go into details. However, reading through parts of this book again today I found one section I highlighted - it's worth sharing. Right before this …
I appreciate Wayne Grudem’s discussion of providence in his Systematic Theology (ch. 16). At one point, after discussing the doctrine of God’s providence, Grudem wrestles with the topic of good/evil and how they relate to this doctrine. Here is an abridgment of Grudem’s analysis of the Bible’s teaching. 1) God uses all things to fulfill …
Many people today assume that God owes them a life of health, wealth, and happiness. Since God is good, they say, he should bless us in many ways and keep us from all harm and danger. I appreciate Timothy Keller’s answer to this false belief. “When we stand back to consider the premise – that …
This section of Christopher Wright's fine book, The God I Don't Understand has cause me to think (which is part of the reason I like it!). In fact, I'm still thinking about it. Here it is: "...God has revealed to us vast amounts of truth in the Bible - about God himself, about creation, about …
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