Have you ever wondered how an all-good and all-powerful God can be reconciled with a world that is full of evil, pain, and suffering? The problem of evil is the #1 objection many people have to believing in God so it's important that this subject be dealt with honestly and thoroughly. In the materials below, Robin Schumacher shares his thoughts on the subject and how he wrestled with the problem of evil when it slammed into his own life.
Dr. Bart Ehrman (Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) wrote a book a number of years ago entitled "Misquoting Jesus - The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why", and he is still on the debate circuit passionately stating his case. Unfortunately for Dr. Ehrman, passion is not a test for truth and there have been many New Testament scholars who have shown the errors he's made in reaching his conclusion. Below is a thorough and scholarly rebuttal by Thomas Howe, Ph.D., who is the head of the Ph.D. program at Southern Evangelical Seminary, which is entitled "A RESPONSE TO BART D. EHRMAN’S MISQUOTING JESUS".
While most recognize that the Bible speaks against homosexual behavior, some try and reinterpret the Bible to say that God approves of homosexuality. Even some secular sources such as Newsweek (Dec 15 2008 issue) try and walk down this path. The paper below examines the claims of those espousing a pro-gay theology against a historical, grammatical, literal approach to Biblical interpretation in the area of homosexuality. The PowerPoint presentation below looks at the topic of gay marriage and examines it along with the general topic of homosexuality against a Biblical, evolutionary, and moral philosophic framework.
