How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil
Book Review • D.A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil, 2nd ed. (Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2006). Kindle Edition. 240 pp. $12.
Read time: 18 min
How Could a Good, All-Powerful God Allow Evil and Suffering?
Q&A • The Problem of Evil is a wrecking ball to unthoughtful faith and a trust-building gymnasium to those who ask hard questions and persevere to find biblical answers. Here I reason that (1) if we unwisely rule out God’s existence, good and evil lose all meaning, (2) God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing evil to be, and (3) only an all-powerful God can (and has promised to!) redeem and eradicate all evil in the end.
Read time: 9 min
The Absurdity of Life Without God: Meaning and Morality in a Post-Theistic World
ARTICLE • Notable atheist, Bertrand Russell, once opined that we must “build our lives on the firm foundation of unyielding despair.” Atheism provides no ground for mankind’s universal longings for meaning and morality. This article surveys the reality that one can either live happily or consistently with the atheist worldview.
Read time: 31 min
Is Faith in God without Experiencing Divine Manifestations Warranted?
Q&A • Addressing skepticism towards an invisible, non-empirical God, I argue that while personally witnessing miracles aren't necessary for faith, a universal sense of the divine and the existence of moral law point to God's existence.
Read time: 6 min