Do you know what a straw man argument is? It is when you set out an opposing position in such a way that it is easy to dismantle that position. We can’t do that with unbelief. We must take with great seriousness and intellectual rigor the reasons people choose not to believe. There are four […]
In the sermon on Sunday, May 28, I said I believe Christianity has the most spiritually satisfying, emotionally healthy, intellectually robust perspectives on the problem of suffering you will find. I have studied the religions of the world, as well as many of the great philosophies. So many of the “best answers” I found there […]
Once again, here are the three questions we ask about suffering: Why am I suffering? Where is God as I suffer? What am I to do about my suffering? Yesterday we looked at how to think about the first question. Today I will cover the second and third questions. *************** Question Two: Where is God as […]
Flourishing! Suffering! We normally think of these conditions as being incompatible. I can flourish OR I can suffer. That is a mistaken way to understand flourishing. This misunderstanding is part of the fuel for what is called the Prosperity Gospel (also called the Health and Wealth Gospel or the Name It and Claim It Gospel). This biblical […]
Yesterday was Memorial Day: A day of remembering those who died while serving their country. Veterans Day (November 11) remembers all who served in the military, not only those who died. This post does not celebrate war. It does celebrate the greatest of all sacrifices – to give one’s life for the sake of what is loved. […]