Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Bibliography of books on suffering and evil
I mentioned the book If God is Good in a previous post.
Here is a Partial Annotated Bibliography from the book. The comments on each book are very helpful.
Here is a Partial Annotated Bibliography from the book. The comments on each book are very helpful.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Discount Personal Feelings
Tim Challies offers us a quote from Jim Andrew’s Polishing God’s Monuments.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Suffering and What's Important
Suffering has a way of reminding us which things in life really matter, forcing us to depend radically on God, and thus purifying our obedience to God's will.
--Craig Keener, The NIV Application Commentary: Revelation
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Suffering, Grace and Joy
A post on my other blog. (Don't tell anyone it's me.)
I haven't written anything personal for quite a while. I hope it blesses somebody out there.
I haven't written anything personal for quite a while. I hope it blesses somebody out there.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Habakkuk's God
Faith-based Religion: The Example of Habakkuk
The last part of this post is most related to this blog but please read the whole thing if you have time.
The last part of this post is most related to this blog but please read the whole thing if you have time.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Worshipping a God who “lets you drop,” who lets you get hurt
Interview with Tim Stoner 2: Longing for the Untamable God
Trevin Wax: You write about worshipping a God who “lets you drop,” who lets you get hurt. How does this view of God counter the popular belief that “God is always there for me”?
Timothy Stoner: God is not safe; nor can He be manipulated. He is perfect in His wisdom and love and knows much better than we what we really need. And He is not averse to allowing/causing pain, struggle and disappointments that He knows are essential for our maturation, growth, refinement and strengthening.
He tells us that He is like a gardener who will not let sympathy for his plants dissuade Him from trimming or cutting off (sometimes ruthlessly) branches that are unproductive or that are preventing maximum fruit bearing.
Because of our inveterate selfishness and idolatry it is not unusual for God to orchestrate deep suffering that we might learn to draw our comfort from Him alone and to shape us into vessels filled with comfort for others.
God is always there for me only in the sense that He is working all things: pain, sorrow, loss, sickness, defeat, sins and successes, together for my maximum good and His ultimate glory.
Trevin Wax: You write about worshipping a God who “lets you drop,” who lets you get hurt. How does this view of God counter the popular belief that “God is always there for me”?
Timothy Stoner: God is not safe; nor can He be manipulated. He is perfect in His wisdom and love and knows much better than we what we really need. And He is not averse to allowing/causing pain, struggle and disappointments that He knows are essential for our maturation, growth, refinement and strengthening.
He tells us that He is like a gardener who will not let sympathy for his plants dissuade Him from trimming or cutting off (sometimes ruthlessly) branches that are unproductive or that are preventing maximum fruit bearing.
Because of our inveterate selfishness and idolatry it is not unusual for God to orchestrate deep suffering that we might learn to draw our comfort from Him alone and to shape us into vessels filled with comfort for others.
God is always there for me only in the sense that He is working all things: pain, sorrow, loss, sickness, defeat, sins and successes, together for my maximum good and His ultimate glory.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Mystery of Iniquity
Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul
One thing we know for sure is that evil does exist. It exists, if nowhere else, in us and in our behavior. We know that the force of evil is extraordinary and brings great pain and suffering into the world. We also know that God is sovereign over it and in His sovereignty will not allow evil to have the last word. Evil always and ever serves the ultimate best interest of God Himself.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
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