In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the question “Should Christians avoid all appearance of evil?”. Listen to our Weekly Quick Challenge Question Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher. New episodes are released every Thursday. Don’t see your podcast listening platform? Email us and we will add them to our distribution list. You […]
Continue ReadingWhat Is Evil?
In my last blog post, I began to discuss the problem of evil. Evil has affected everyone to varying degrees in their lives. But as we get started on this series, we need to first clarify exactly what it is we are talking about. What exactly is evil? When someone offers me the objection that God […]
Continue ReadingThe Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast #389: Why Didn’t God Create A World Without Suffering?
In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the challenge “Why didn’t God make a world without suffering?”. Listen to our Weekly Quick Challenge Question Podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher. New episodes are released every Thursday. Don’t see your podcast listening platform? Email us and we will add them to our distribution list. […]
Continue ReadingQuick Challenge Answer: Why did God Create Satan?
Why would God allow such an evil and dangerous being to exist in the first place, knowing the problems he would cause? Why did God create Satan?
Continue ReadingWhat Best Explains Morality?
To call something bad implies there is a good, or a way things are supposed to be. Not just a way we want it to be, but a way it objectively ought to be. If God does not exist, what is the standard for that? What best explains morality? Is it possible without God?
Continue ReadingBack to Basics: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
The problem of evil is one of the most common and basic objections to Christianity. Theologians have spent thousands of years addressing it. Let’s all step back, take a deep breath, and go back to basics on why does God allow suffering?
Continue ReadingWhy Do We Reject God’s Punishment Of Evil?
Why do we reject God’s punishment of evil? We have discussed the problem of evil at length in previous posts. The question is still often asked, “Why doesn’t God just do something about all the evil in the world if he truly exists?” And yet, I sense that people really aren’t interested in God actually stopping evil. Or at […]
Continue ReadingBeing Inhumane Is More Human Than We Think
Being Inhumane Is More Human Than We Think. I’ve been reading Clay Jones‘ new book on the problem of evil. It’s been a good read so far. But I have to say, it’s not been the most comfortable book to read. This really shouldn’t surprise me considering the nature of the topic. I’ve read more than my […]
Continue ReadingWhat Will The Church Look Like After COVID-19?
What will the Church look like after COVID-19? There is so much uncertainty about every aspect of life right now. I don’t think anyone could have predicted the world would look like it does a few weeks ago. We’ve seen disasters in the recent past. Y2K, 911, the Swine flu and the economic crash of the late 2000’s […]
Continue ReadingQuick Challenge Answer: Is the Coronavirus Judgment from God?
Is this God’s wrath upon us? Why would God allow it to happen? How can we better understand this pandemic?
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