Posted in Aletheia Forum, Human Rights, Problem of Evil, tagged Buddhism, Chrisitianity, Desire, Problem of Evil, Religion, Suffering, Vice, Virtue on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The simple answer is that they don’t. For Buddhism, it’s the problem of desire. Christianity has the problem, not Buddhism. Why is this? Buddhism starts with the problem of evil, suffering or “dukkha,” as its first statement of faith in the four noble truths. However, it is not the problem we think. Buddhism concedes that [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Aletheia Forum, Economics, Human Rights, Problem of Evil, tagged Christianity, Debt, Forgiveness, Kingdom of God, Money, Religion, Santification, Temptation, The Lord's Prayer on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most recited and well known prayers worldwide. Yet, it is probably the least understood. We speak it so freely and frequently in Western society implying that we understand its message and caution. As a child, the prayer carried me into my adult life, but not until college did [...]
Read Full Post »
The problem of evil has many faces. Unfortunately, none of them are pretty, but all of them very real. Elie Wiesel book, Night, is one of those faces.
The believer’s tragedy is how a good God could allow such suffering and injustice. Is God good? Is God all powerful? Evil can’t be glossed over in theoretical [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Aletheia Forum, FBC Messages, Human Rights, Theology, tagged Chirst, Christianity, Culture, Diety, Ethics, Religion, Theology on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is an excerpt of an email conversation on John 8:24 from a message delivered by Andy in July of 2006
Andy,
I thought your message last Sunday morning was excellent. It’s not often you hear a message on Deity of Jesus, let alone Trinitarian theology. And, I appreciated your candid “So what?” question. It was the better [...]
Read Full Post »
