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08/28
2008

Why evil?

Answers to all of our questions about the origin of evil are not found in the Scriptures, which means that God, the Writer and Director of this cosmic drama, did not deem them necessary for the story he wanted to tell. Are we satisfied with that, or must we continue to contrive answers for ourselves? My guess is that Christians would find themselves in less trouble theologically, culturally, and politically if we stuck with the questions God has chosen to answer, and immersed ourselves in the story he has chosen to tell.

From Skye Jethani’s The Dark Blight


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08/28
2008

Comparing God to an ogre

Sure wish I could find the transcript of this whole speech

There have been some great books written about this topic recently, included In My Place Condemned He Stood, which I highly recomment. J.I. Packer makes an excellent point that our God, as perfect and just, requires a penalty be paid by his children who continue to sin. To not do so, would render him unjust. That penalty was paid by Christ, who was the propiation for ours sins, satisfying God’s wrath and paying our penalty.


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