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Category: Theodicy

Posted onSep 21, 2011Jul 21, 2015Apologetics

Why Doesn’t God Do Something? Part Two

by Bill Muehlenberg7 Comments on Why Doesn’t God Do Something? Part Two

The problem of evil is perhaps the most significant and universal moral and philosophical puzzle there is. The world’s great minds and the world’s great…

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Posted onSep 21, 2011Dec 18, 2022Apologetics

Readings in Theodicy

by Bill Muehlenberg1 Comment on Readings in Theodicy

“The crust of the earth is soaked with the tears of suffering.” That is how philosopher Eleonore Stump once described the problem of evil and…

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Posted onMar 19, 2011Jun 22, 2012Apologetics

On Japan

by Bill Muehlenberg22 Comments on On Japan

What can one say on such occasions? Tragedies like this tend to render us speechless and numb. And that is not a bad thing. Better…

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Posted onMar 12, 2011Jun 23, 2012Apologetics

Against Universalism

by Bill Muehlenberg18 Comments on Against Universalism

There are two quite wrong ways to come to terms with the biblical teaching on the eternal punishment of the lost. One is annihilationism, which…

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Posted onMar 6, 2011Jun 28, 2012Apologetics

On God’s Justice

by Bill Muehlenberg10 Comments on On God’s Justice

It is a bit risky to speak about God’s justice today, and here I especially have in mind talking to other believers about it. We…

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Posted onFeb 6, 2011May 19, 2018Christianity

Esther and Providence

by Bill Muehlenberg14 Comments on Esther and Providence

The Old Testament book of Esther is much loved by many, especially by Jewish readers. For in it we learn about the remarkable preservation of…

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Posted onFeb 3, 2011Feb 3, 2011Christianity

God, Providence and Natural Disaster

by Bill Muehlenberg35 Comments on God, Providence and Natural Disaster

The broad issue of God and his providential rule over his creation is a major theological topic. And with yet another national disaster occurring –…

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Posted onJan 11, 2011Sep 22, 2021Christianity

Tragedy, Judgment, Grace

by Bill Muehlenberg53 Comments on Tragedy, Judgment, Grace

Whenever a major disaster or national tragedy breaks forth, a heated debate tends to arise within Christian circles. Opinions tend to be polarised, with two…

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Posted onSep 30, 2010Jul 13, 2015Christianity

Suffering in the New Testament, Part One

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In this article I wish to discuss just one quite small aspect of the enormous topic of suffering as portrayed in the New Testament. It…

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Posted onSep 30, 2010Jul 13, 2015Christianity

Suffering in the New Testament, Part Two

by Bill Muehlenberg7 Comments on Suffering in the New Testament, Part Two

It is not just Paul of course who speaks about suffering so often. The rest of the New Testament also has much to say about…

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Posted onMar 15, 2010May 15, 2013Article Reviews

Haiti Has Not Been Abandoned

by Bill Muehlenberg10 Comments on Haiti Has Not Been Abandoned

Whenever tragedy strikes it is normal for religious folks to ask whether God had abandoned the affected place. That seems to be a sensible assumption…

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Posted onJan 16, 2010Jun 10, 2014Christianity

Comfort for the Broken and Afflicted

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on Comfort for the Broken and Afflicted

In 1975 the band America had a Top Ten hit, “Lonely People,” the first line of which being, “This is for all the lonely people”.…

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Posted onJan 15, 2010May 28, 2013Apologetics

Haiti and Theodicy

by Bill Muehlenberg54 Comments on Haiti and Theodicy

When the great earthquake of 1755 rocked Lisbon, it raised all sorts of questions about God and faith. The quake, along with a devastating tsunami…

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Posted onApr 6, 2009Jun 15, 2013Article Reviews

When Children Go Berserk

by Bill Muehlenberg16 Comments on When Children Go Berserk

The media today is abuzz with the shocking case of yet more child-on-child violence in the UK. Reminiscent of the James Bulger case, two schoolboys…

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Posted onMar 23, 2009Jun 17, 2013Apologetics

Fritzl and Evil

by Bill Muehlenberg22 Comments on Fritzl and Evil

Very few people – at least Westerners – would be unaware of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man just found guilty of kidnapping, rape, murder and…

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Posted onFeb 12, 2009Jun 21, 2014Apologetics

A review of Suffering and the Goodness of God. Edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson.

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Crossway Books, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Suffering is a universal and perennial problem. No one escapes it, and all are left buffeted…

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Posted onFeb 9, 2009May 19, 2011Apologetics

On Wild Fires and Other Tragedies

by Bill Muehlenberg51 Comments on On Wild Fires and Other Tragedies

With Australia’s greatest fire tragedy still unfolding, (not to mention terrible flooding in the north of the country), all sorts of questions arise. Attempting to…

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Posted onDec 10, 2007Jul 21, 2014Apologetics

A review of How Long, O Lord? By D.A. Carson.

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on A review of How Long, O Lord? By D.A. Carson.

Baker, 2006. Available in Australia at Koorong Books. Three millennia ago it was said by a friend of Job that surely as sparks fly upward,…

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Posted onJul 19, 2007Aug 24, 2014Apologetics

A review of God’s Judgments. By Steven Keillor.

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on A review of God’s Judgments. By Steven Keillor.

IVP, 2007. This is a thought-provoking book, one which is sure to provoke a bit of controversy. Steven Keillor is an American historian, who also…

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Posted onApr 20, 2007Nov 12, 2013Apologetics

Worldviews and the Problem of Evil

by Bill Muehlenberg10 Comments on Worldviews and the Problem of Evil

All worldviews have to wrestle with the problem of evil. New Agers, secularists, atheists and theists all must come up with some sort of account…

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