We believe that God is omnibenevolent. As many of you know, in addition to being a funeral director, I moonlight as a youth leader for at-risk youth. Just the other day I spoke with a teenage girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father when she was only twelve. While we believe that God […]
The more I read Tom Oord’s work, the more I appreciate his perspective, specifically as it relates to his understanding of God, love and evil. Death and evil are siblings who share more than the same heritage. Often, we cannot talk about the one without considering the other; we can’t be touched by one […]
When confronted with the practical reality of the problem of evil, believers who don’t use the God of gaps often do one of two things: They jettison their faith. Or, they attempt to “grab the bull by the horns.” In other words, they attempt to redefine the premise of the problem … they attempt to redefine “God”. […]
Yesterday, I started a series about The Problem of Evil. Today is part 2. ***** When confronted with the practical reality of the problem of evil, believers who don’t use the God of gaps often do one of two things: They jettison their faith. Or, they attempt to “grab the bull by the horns.” In other words, […]
A dilemma is a situation that presents a choice between a few options, all of which are undesirable. The problem of evil presents a very practical dilemma for one who believes in “God” as it 1.) forces us to deny the traditional view of “God” or 2.) realize that our god is an absurdity […]