What is evil? Evil is two things: • The absence of good.• Those things said and done that go against His perfect will for our lives. Allow me go into a bit more detail on these... Evil is not a person, a thing or a substance. Rather, it is the absence of something...
FOUNDATIONAL ARTICLES
The foundational articles listed below were written to help readers understand more clearly the ideas presented on this website. Here’s why this is important:
I often hear people ask, “If there is an all-powerful and all-loving God – like Christians say there is – then why is there so much evil in this world?”
While this is a good question, I think those who ask such questions fully understand the words they’ve used. So, I ask, “What do you mean by your use of the word ‘God’? And “What do you mean by your use of the word ‘evil’?” And finally, “Why do you use two descriptors (‘all-powerful and all-loving’) in your question?”
How a person answers these three questions will determine where the conversation goes – because very often, their description of God is not the God of the Old and New Testaments. Rather, it is some other god they’ve heard of or made up.
So, the articles below will help readers understand more clearly of what I’ve written!
Belief in God, Part 1
Have you ever asked yourself WHAT you believe about God, WHY do you believe these things, and FROM WHERE do you draw your conclusions? In part one of this article, I'd like to show you the eight (8) worldviews on the topic of God. Here they are: 1. Theism.2....