Evil as proof of God’s existence?
Christopher Benson draws attention to a statement by literary critic Terry Eagleton, a Marxist who has recently started attacking the “new atheists,” who has written a book on the reality of evil: Evil...
View ArticleThe rest of what I said: on religion & facts
There wasn’t room for everything that I said in that interview the Washington Examiner did with me. So as not to waste anything, I’ll post the outtakes here: 1. A recent Pew study found that atheists...
View ArticleNature & Grace in “The Tree of Life”
The movie that took the top prize at Cannes is entitled The Tree of Life. Most critics laud the beauty of its scenes from nature but were puzzled by it all. But Rev. Robert Barron, priest and...
View ArticleGod from above vs. God from below
I’ve started working through the Christian Year of Grace by Johann Spangenberg, a contemporary of Luther who, as a pastor and educator, wanted to provide laypeople a guide to help with the devotional...
View Article“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows”
Studying the prophecies of Christ in the Old Testament during Advent is a good exercise. They tell us much about Him. Consider Isaiah 53, which takes up deep into the life of Christ and unpacks the...
View ArticleAdvent and the Problem of Evil
Fleming Rutledge reminds us that Advent is not primarily about the baby Jesus. Rather its main emphasis is the Jesus who comes as the mighty judge who will set the world aright. That was the theme of...
View ArticleAtheodicy: The Problem of Evil without God
"Theodicy" deals with the Problem of Evil, how to reconcile the reality of evil and suffering with the existence of a righteous, omnipotent God. But if there is no God, the Problem of Evil remains....
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