I have been reading Sam Storms Sign’s of the Spirit in preparation for this Thursday’s Converse with Scholars. Signs of the Spirit is an interpretation of Jonathan Edwards’...

by C Michael Patton

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The Reason Why the “Problem of Evil” is Such a Problem Today

Recently, I was watching the “local” news and was overwhelmed by the burdens of bad news that I had to take on within just a few moments. There was a shooting...

by C Michael Patton

Suffering and Pain

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Mother Teresaâ€™s Final Gift

As soon as I heard about the TIME (8-23-07) article, â€œMother Teresaâ€™s Crisis of Faith,â€ I commented to my husband that the publication of her personal letters telling of...

Inner Pain – Curse or Blessing

Last week in a Sunday school class I was teaching, someone asked about being delivered from depression. I noted that God is surely able to do so. But I tried to give another...

Christian Deism

Deism is a worldview that believes that God created the world, but is no longer involved in it. Often, we as Christians can fall into a deistic mindset. Because of prayers...

The Book of Job and the Problem of Pain

Being in the ministry presupposes many things that the believer needs to be aware of. People will see you as a representative of the Christian faith. This being the case, it...

The Problem of Evil: Could God have tied our hands?

Not sure if you have been exposed to the Mr. Deity series of films. In this present story, Mr. Deity (who play the Father) and Larry (who is supposed to be an angel) speak...

Why are People Leaving the Church? (2)

I found this letter from “Wally” to be particularly sad and typically disturbing. It hurt to read. “Wally” raised his family in the church, but now,...

The Uninvited: The Origin of Poneros

You must understand. Poneros has not been around forever. Well, let me clarify. Poneros was not part of original creation. In fact, Poneros is not a creation at all. No one is...

Health-Wealth Gospel of Suicide

I thought that this was a great article by Piper. Point number two is especially interesting. What a sad state that our Christian culture must be in to where we don’t...

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