If God is Good, then why evil and Japan?

Theodicy, the apologetic of trying to explain how evil can exist concurrent with an all powerful loving God. If you didn’t see the Martin Bashir interview with Rob Bell (see a couple posts below this one), well that’s how Bashir started the interview off; with a paraphrase (apparent) conundrum, first made popular by Scottish philosopher, … Continue reading →

Identity is Sin, Paul's Romans 6 Theology

I think Arthur McGill provides a good account of the Pauline idea of “sin,” and the penalty of “death;” in Romans 6. It is not primarily a forensic reality, although that is present, but it is an ontological issue; in other words, the depths of sin reach to our very being; in effect, our beings … Continue reading →