Not exact matches
In this kind of theodicy Gethesemane, the cross,
and the resurrection are important foci for understanding the depths of God's love, who, in creating an unimaginatively complex matrix of matter eventuating finally in persons able to choose to go against God's intentions, nonetheless grieves for
and suffers with this beloved creation, both in the pain its natural course
brings all its creatures
and in the
evil that its human creatures inflict upon it.
These are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration
and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over
bringing about welfare; commit the lesser of two
evils; mischief is not removed by mischief; one should
suffer private damage to avert general disaster.
I find, on the contrary, that it is much more difficult today for the knowing person to approach God from history, from the spiritual side of the world,
and from morals; for there we encounter the
suffering and evil in the world, which it is difficult to
bring into harmony with an all «merciful
and almighty God.
Stacer, for example, argues for an all - knowing, all - present, all - loving» God who «knows our human
evil and the
suffering it
brings» (SLJT 447).
So Mister Jeffress thinks that the eschatological prediction of doomsday on May 21 is more damaging to Christianity than the prediction of «rapture» preached by Southern Baptists which will teleport born again Christians to heaven while God
brings all forms of natural disasters, disease,
suffering,
and evil upon the rest of mankind.
So the evangelist here invites us to look beyond the relief of human
suffering to a mighty act of God's chosen Servant,
bringing the kingdom into history
and dethroning the rule of
evil in the world.
Such
evil brings suffering on the powerless,
and God's judgment is committed to vanquishing that
evil.
And, no, I'm not talking about an «
evil» man, I'm
bringing suffering into the equation.
God is a risk - taker
and suffers setbacks along that joumey, but God is also an omnipotent redeemer who knows how to
bring good out of
evil.
And in the following chapter I shall dig deeper into the notion of evil by relating it to the fact that our universe is not only a process in which everything perishes but a process in which novelty is continually entering onto the cosmic scene, causing the breakdown of previous orderly arrangements and bringing about sufferi
And in the following chapter I shall dig deeper into the notion of
evil by relating it to the fact that our universe is not only a process in which everything perishes but a process in which novelty is continually entering onto the cosmic scene, causing the breakdown of previous orderly arrangements
and bringing about sufferi
and bringing about
suffering.
The notion of
evil is related to the fact that our universe is not only a process in which everything perishes but a process in which novelty is continually entering onto the cosmic scene, causing the breakdown of previous orderly arrangements
and bringing about
suffering.
The new
brings creative possibilities that did not exist before
and with them new possibilities of
evil and suffering.
The New Testament proclaims that no matter how
evil the sin, God stands ready to receive the sinner
and to forgive the sin, He stands ready to receive into his own being all the
evil of the world to
bring about its transformation,
and this experience of
evil is the divine
suffering epitomized by the crucifixion.
An undead horde, led by a bloodthirsty tyrant threatens to envelop the world in darkness,
bringing bloodshed
and suffering to the living.Not all hope is lost, Johan, along with newly found friends
and allies must race against time to discover the secret to defeat the
evil Count Darkool.