The Problem of the Problem of Evil
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The Scottish philosopher David Hume’s argument against God was the problem of evil. If God is good and all-powerful there wouldn’t be evil therefore either he isn’t powerful, isn’t just or just isn’t. Well, who says God isn’t defeating evil? He isn’t doing it on a timetable Hume and others would like. This argument against [...]
Something To Slow Down and Think About
Sunday, February 10th, 2008John Piper wote a sobering comment worth reproducing here: Was the carnage of this past week in the USA extraordinary? These things came at us so fast that we did not click on them. Only when someone assembles them do they take our breath away. Consider this from AP National Writer Ted Anthony: Ugly things. [...]
Sins of the Father
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006A while ago I called Tony Campolo a heretic. I sadly stand by that because I haven’t heard him recant or say something better and clearer. The issue then was that he was stripping God of his sovereignty in order to excuse God from the damage of Katrina. The old adage “the fruit doesn’t fall [...]
Openess Theology II
Monday, August 19th, 2002I’m continuing to read the Openness debate in the recent Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. Up to Greg Boyd’s response. One thing I’ve noticed in both Boyd’s and Sander’s responses is that they draw arbitrary lines and then can’t understand why other folks don’t follow them. There have been many examples but here is, [...]
Openness Theology I
Wednesday, August 14th, 2002The most recent Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS, June 2002) is pretty much devoted to the Openness Theology debate. Bruce Ware starts the discussion by stating the problems with Openness Theology and then the three big Openness leaders, Pinnock, Sanders and Boyd respond. Sanders’ response is most interesting. In order to maintain his [...]