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Questions about the nature of evil and how it is reconciled with the truth claims of Christianity are unavoidable; InterVarsity Press Bolero Ozon. Chad Meister , James K. The question of evil--its origins, its justification, its solution--has plagued humankind from the beginning.
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- God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain.
- God and Evil : The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain.
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Questions about the nature of evil and how it is reconciled with the truth claims of Christianity are unavoidable; we need to be prepared to respond to such questions with great clarity and good faith. God and Evil compiles the best thinking on all angles on the question of evil, from some of the finest scholars in religion, philosophy and apologetics, including Gregory E. Douglas Geivett James Spiegel Jill Graper Hernandez Win Corduan David Beck With additional chapters addressing "issues in dialogue" such as hell and human origins, and a now-famous debate between evangelical philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist philosopher Michael Tooley, God and Evil provides critical engagement with recent arguments against faith and offers grounds for renewed confidence in the God who is "acquainted with grief.
The Logical Problem of Evil. God and Gratuitous Evil. Augustine and the Problem of Evil.
God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain by Chad Meister
The Irenaean SoulMaking Theodicy. Leibniz and the Best of All Possible Worlds.
Evil in NonChristian Religions. It was with great surprise and relief that as I read through GAE, three chapters in particular spoke not only to my head, but to the depth of my heart. In my opinion, chapters are the heart and soul of this book. How can I trust God when he seems to have disappeared? How do I pray in the midst of intense pain when I can barely put two thoughts together? How do I cling to hope when life is hopeless? His suffering and resurrection connects us to him and him to us.
We do not suffer alone. And his resurrection fills us with the assured hope of eternity. We should begin to celebrate eternity, not only the future resurrection of our bodies but also our fellowship with the Lord and our believing loved ones immediately after death.
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We have seen that after Jesus suffered, his Father raised him from the dead… For us too eternity follows suffering. This is a truth that we should always concentrate on, for it both changes our perspective on this life as well as providing motivation in the present. My one word of caution in reading this book is for those who are in the midst of deep suffering. Doctors need to read medical textbooks on disease to treat their patients accurately and to bring healing.
You need the healing the textbook describes.
In a similar way, if you are in the middle of deep suffering or evil, you need healing, not necessarily the textbook answers on God and the problem of evil. This is my opinion from both observation and experience.
God and evil : the case for God in a world filled with pain
You need the intellectual truth this book discusses, but find it in people who will also minister to you through relationships, touching your emotions with the hope of the gospel. For the rest of us, GAE is a book I highly recommend for its grasp of the big picture, its attention to detail, and its humble dealing with difficult issues in a way that is both intellectually and emotionally accessible. Evil is real, but God is good. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
By the way, how does the Christian god create darkness, which is just an abscence of light? Habermas notes, We should begin to celebrate eternity, not only the future resurrection of our bodies but also our fellowship with the Lord and our believing loved ones immediately after death.