What follows is part of a wider response to various questions that theologian Rob Knowles has responded to. Here, after writing a thorough response and critique of C. S. Lewis' The Problem of Pain, to which the opening of the article below refers, Rob proceeds to outline the actual biblical view(s) of what is associated... Continue Reading →
Die sin must or God
Christmas isn't usually the time to talk about evil, or of Satan's ultimate destruction, but that is precisely what Christmas, the coming of God in Christ, means. Evil encompases all the chaos and dysfunction in the world, all the rebellion against God; and God's salvation means an end to all that, and the return to... Continue Reading →
Jesus in Hell
John Chrysostom (347-407) the golden-tongued preacher of the late fourth century said this in a sermon about what the Cross of Jesus has achieved in our salvation and the entire redemption of all creation: "He has destroyed death by undoing death. He has despoiled hell by descending into hell. He vexed it even as it... Continue Reading →