What 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 […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: Why Didn’t God Create A World Without Suffering?

Why didn’t God create a world without suffering?  Perhaps one of the greatest challenges to God and Christianity is the problem of evil.  While we touched on this subject in other articles and podcasts, some people still find this argument against God powerful.   We tend to look at problems through human eyes.  And in doing so, we miss […]

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The 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. […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: Why did God Create Satan?

Back 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?

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Three Reasons God Might Allow Evil

We’ve been exploring the Problem of Evil over the last few posts. We’ve examined the problem of evil itself and described what evil actually is (a lack of good).  We have seen that there is no logical problem with both God and evil existing together. As much as these arguments might make sense, they probably […]

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Being 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 […]

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What 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 […]

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The Top 5 Posts From 2018

This article was originally posted in December of 2018. We recently posted our Top 5 Posts From 2019. Our website was still fairly new when this list dropped last year. As our readership had increased greatly since then, I thought I would repost these articles. Enjoy the top 5 posts from 2018! TMC’s Top 5 […]

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The Logical And Probability Problems Of Evil

The Logical and probability problems of evil. In earlier posts I described the problem of evil and also explained what evil is.  Evil isn’t a thing per say, it’s the absence of good. There can be no evil without an ultimate source of good that sets the standard. In this post we will discuss what is known […]

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