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Category Archives: Evil in the world
Five pillars of life
Teach this to your group.
Each part of the story in combination with the others must become a lens for the way we look at life. Continue reading
Do we get what we deserve?
Are those who encounter tragedy people whose wickedness had qualified them for it? Continue reading
Posted in Evil in the world, Problem of evil, Repentance, Suffering
Tagged Evil in the world, Karma, luke 13, Repent, suffering and god, Where is God in tragedy?
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What is sin?
Sin spoils the goods, stains the garments. It is a hitch in one’s gait, a wandering from the path, a fragmenting of the whole. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evil in the world, Evil One, Origin of Sin, Problem of evil, Psychology, Sin, sociology, Theology
Tagged Evil, Evil in the world, Hamartiology, Problem of evil, Sin, Sin nature, Theology
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The problem of evil
Are we merely to gag our questions, accept that it’s a mystery, and shut up? Surely we do far more from that? Continue reading
Posted in Evil in the world, Evil One, Problem of evil
Tagged Evil in the world, God and evil, Problem of evil
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Faith and Suffering
I believe that there is a sad back-story to our suffering and a glorious end-story for those whom God loves. Yet pain in this life is often hard to reconcile with God’s love and power. Continue reading
Posted in Devil, Evil in the world, Evil One, Faith, Problem of evil, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Evil, Evil in the world, Faith, faith and suffering
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Hope large enough to overcome death
Where is there hope sufficiently encompassing to enable us to know that all our pain and suffering has not been in vain? Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Death, Evil in the world, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Worldview
Tagged Death, Hope, hopeless, Loss, Suffering, Worldview
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Five parts to our story
If we hope to live well in a painfully complicated and broken world… Continue reading
Searching for a plausible worldview
What way of seeing things corresponds most with reality and does not contradict what I clearly know to be true? Continue reading
America – a place to live or to die?
It seems like all our public places are vulnerable. Grade schools, universities, theaters, malls, workplaces, churches, grocery stores… Many foreigners have begun to view America, not as a place to live, but a place to die. Continue reading
Do you think they are worse sinners?
Do people encounter a fates in this life (whether good or bad) based on actions in a former life? How should we read the outcomes when people are senselessly murdered or seemingly victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Evil in the world, Problem of evil, Suffering, Teaching of Jesus, Wisdom
Tagged Karma, Repent, Repentance, Salvation, tragedies and God
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