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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
The broad issue of God and his providential rule over his creation is a major theological topic. And with yet another national disaster occurring –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”.…
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…
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…
Very few people – at least Westerners – would be unaware of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man just found guilty of kidnapping, rape, murder and…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…