The Question of Evil

and the Christian Response: Jesus' New Humanity

Public Survey/Display

What Can We Do About Evil? (and instructions and theology of evil)

What Can We Do About Evil? brochure version

What Story Do You Live In? (and associated message)

Does the Good Outweigh the Bad? (and instructions)

God, Peace, and Violence (and instructions)

Find Your Heart's Desire? (and instructions and theology of desire)

 

The Question of Evil and the Christian Response: Jesus' New Humanity

Evil and the Christian God

Evil and the Christian God and Theology of Atonement

The Desire for a Happy Ending: Interpreting the Movies, Songs, and Stories Around Us

Desires, Beliefs, and How We Know Truth

Quotations and Reflections on Evil and Human Nature

God's Response to Human Evil: The Faithfulness of Jesus (Romans 3:21 - 26)

God's Victory over Human Evil in Jesus (Romans 6:1 - 11)

God's Victory over Human Evil: Presenting Ourselves to Jesus (Romans 6:12 - 14)

God's Victory over Human Evil: We Are Bondslaves to Christ (Romans 6:15 - 23)

The Role of Jesus in Revolution and the Pursuit of Justice

For more information, please see:

* The Question of the Goodness of God and the Christian Response: The Trinity

* What Does Jesus' Death Mean About God's Character?

 

Personal and Practical:  Embracing Jesus' Transformation of You

Assignment #1:  Jesus is the Answer, What's the Problem?

Assignment #2:  Comparing Views of Evil

Jesus' Kingdom of God Movement (notes and messages on the Gospel of Matthew)

God's Great News for Humanity's Great Problem (notes and messages on Paul's letter to the Romans)

 

Interpreting Other Responses to Human Evil

Why Question Atheism from a Political, Historical, and Moral Perspective?

The Conflict of Stories: Circular, Christian, Western, Muslim, Secular, Individual

The Conflict of Stories (chart)

Jewish and Christian Views of the Messiah

Stories and Spirituality: How the God Engages Human Evil (chart)

Stories and Social Consequences: Comparison with Islam and Mohammed (chart)

Stories and Social Consequences: Comparison with Atheism and Hinduism (chart)

 

Christian Resources

* C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, books 1 and 2

* C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock, chapter 1

* N.T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God

* Henri Blocher, Evil and the Cross

* Athanasius, Against the Heathen, chapters 1 - 6

* Athanasius, On the Incarnation, chapters 1 - 5

* William Paul Young, The Shack:  This story is about a man who loses his daughter in a rape-murder, and wrestles with God about it - reveals good insights about the Trinity and the character of God.  Roger Olson's analysis of the book, Finding God in "The Shack" is also helpful.  My response to Mark Driscoll's youtube criticism of the book is here.

* David Bentley Hart articles  A blog dedicated to the promoting the theological thought of David B. Hart, an Eastern Orthodox theologian.

* David Bentley Hart, The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?  A short book on how a Trinitarian view of God influences how we think about suffering and evil.  Includes a critique of the Calvinist tendency towards God's omnicausality.  Lays out the categories in very clear terms, but with less analysis.

  

General Resources

* John Gray, Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions

  

 

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