Imagine traveling into space and witnessing the blinding intensity of the sun's light unmediated by our atmosphere, or feeling the heat in what you assumed was the cold darkness of space. C.S. Lewis describes this experience in his novel Out of the Silent Planet when the main character Ransom is kidnapped and forced into a … Continue reading Blinding Lights
Category: Theology
A Simple Harmony
A type of simple harmony develops in a group as long as the members tolerate a certain level of deception. Like the princess and the pea, however, humanity as a whole cannot rest in the peace of this simple harmony, because the falsity of its comfort will always be felt, no matter how many mattresses … Continue reading A Simple Harmony
Why Have You Forsaken Me: The Cry of Job and Jesus
Originally posted October 9th, 2018 I recently saw a tweet that said, “when God asked Job, ‘where were you when I laid the foundations of the world?’ Job’s response should have been, ‘where were you when I was being tortured by Satan?’” For some people the very thought of replying to God in that way … Continue reading Why Have You Forsaken Me: The Cry of Job and Jesus
That All Shall Be Rescued
Does God ever give up on us? Is there ever a point at which someone is "too far gone” for God? I think most people would say no, and I think that feeling matches what most people believe about hell. It seems that most people who believe in the possibility of a never-ending hell, also … Continue reading That All Shall Be Rescued
What is Freedom: Hart, Lewis, and Sanford on the True Nature of Freedom
David Bentley Hart has published two recent articles as follow-ups to his book That All Shall Be Saved, I will link them here as Part One and Part Two. These articles are packed with precise philosophical and theological language, which I think is necessary, but in this article I want to share how, as a … Continue reading What is Freedom: Hart, Lewis, and Sanford on the True Nature of Freedom