Problem of evil

God’s Exploitation of the Devil’s “Thorns”

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God’s sovereignty should never be seen as unilaterally determining or decreeing the evil actions or intentions of free agents (human or demonic) before the foundation of the world. Rather God’s sovereignty is best understood as…

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How do we come to love God?

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How can we obtain the basis of love which unites our will with God’s will? How can we be made to possess that which we are not possessed of, by being made to love that…

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Roger Olson, “Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible”

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By “impossible” I don’t mean, of course, “doesn’t exist.” I mean “exists but doesn’t work.” By “doesn’t work” I mean “cannot be believed consistently and coherently.” In brief, my argument is that belief in the…

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The Arminian Theology of C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis is one of the most widely read Christian writers of the last 100 years. Although he doesn’t seem to have ever directly referenced Arminius or Wesley in his writings, his theology is nonetheless…

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Dallas Willard, “God and the Problem of Evil”

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Taken from: http://www.dwillard.org/articles/artview.asp?artID=30  There are very few people who do not ask “Why?” when confronted with the terrible things that have happened in history and continue to happen day by day. This is because we…

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