Why would a loving, all-powerful God allow a world full of suffering? It’s the question skeptics use to challenge Christianity, the question grieving people ask in hospital rooms, and the question many believers carry quietly for years without knowing where to take it.
If God Allows It is an honest, accessible guide to one of the most important challenges facing Christian faith. Working through the logical, evidential, and existential forms of the problem of evil, it equips readers with both the intellectual tools to defend their faith and the pastoral wisdom to help others through their pain.
Drawing on the writings of Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and John Hick — and grounded throughout in the biblical witness of Job, the Psalms, Lamentations, the cross, and Paul — this book doesn’t pretend the problem is easy. It argues that honest faith, the kind that has wrestled with the hardest questions and come through, is stronger for having done so.
My book, If God Allows It, Available now on Amazon.
“The problem of evil, honestly faced, has not driven me away from God. It has driven me deeper into Him — into a more honest, more costly, more real faith than I would have had if I had never had to wrestle with it.” – Cianan Dehut, If God Allows It
Blogs
- Was Iago From Aladdin More Than Just a Parrot?One of my favorite Disney movies growing up was Aladdin. The rebellious and tenacious protagonist in combination with the humourous and ever-quipping genie made for such a fun experience. Upon thinking over the movie recently I came to realize that part of the movie was strange to me. All of the animals in the film… Read more: Was Iago From Aladdin More Than Just a Parrot?
- The First Brainrot Movie?I went to see the Minecraft movie last Thursday, here are my thoughts (Spoilers, duh). I think I have to start with the theater experience. I don’t condone the trashing of theaters just because of your excitement, there’s no justification for making a mess of a public area. My theater was less chaotic, although I… Read more: The First Brainrot Movie?
- Would You Rather Have a Talking Pig or Jack Black in a Sweater?There has been a surge of memes across various social media platforms for the past few weeks, all centered around Jack Black’s performance as Steve in the Minecraft Movie. I believe there was intentionality in the editing of the trailers to lead to this conclusion, but why would Warner Bros choose to meme their lead… Read more: Would You Rather Have a Talking Pig or Jack Black in a Sweater?
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