For a good portion of my life as a Christian, if you asked me to categorize supernatural beings in a hierarchical form and divide them into good guys and bad guys, it would have looked something like this: God Satan Angels Demons The problem with my viewpoint (among other things) was that it treated SatanContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 4. Hostility Between Two Seeds”
Category Archives: Pain and Suffering
The Problem of Pain: 3. Sin, the Slavemaster
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news [lit. “preach the Gospel”] to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free… Luke 4:18 NRSV, quoting Isaiah 61:1 We’ve establishedContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 3. Sin, the Slavemaster”
The Problem of Pain: 2. Sin: Act, or Actor?
What is sin? Maybe you’ve heard it said that sin is “missing the mark.” That makes it sounds like I was practicing archery and just missed the bullseye. Because it’s hard to hit the bullseye, right? Who could blame you for not being perfect? And if it’s so hard, why does sin bother God soContinue reading “The Problem of Pain: 2. Sin: Act, or Actor?”
The Problem of Pain
I heard a sermon on this subject today. More specifically, it was on the age-old question of, “Why does a good God allow suffering?” The pastor hit on some of the things you might expect, like how the human rebellion in Genesis 3 brought sin and death into the world, as well as how thingsContinue reading “The Problem of Pain”
Epic Gospel 