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In the Service of God and Evil

Author : Donald Britton Conrad
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479776912
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book In the Service of God and Evil written by Donald Britton Conrad and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the conclusion of the dinner, Chancellor Theobald Bethmann-Hollweg opened the congratulatory part of the program with a toast to His Imperial and Royal Majesty Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, by the Grace of God, German Emperor and King of Prussia. We, the assembled here, renew our faith in a man so various that he seems guided by the Grace and hand of God. Long live our Emperor! Hoch! Hoch! Hoch! exclaimed the guests, each one clinking his neighbors wine glass. Due to the long list of tonights speakers, it has been agreed that each personage will limit their speeches to five minutes. At the end of the ceremonies, guests are welcome to view the many gifts presented to His Majesty in honor of his twenty-fifth anniversary. With His Majestys permission, I wish to present Herr Andrew Carnegie from America. Herr Carnegie, a Scottish-born American is an industrialist turned philanthropist. As is well known worldwide, he built Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company. With his fortune made, the man of humble beginnings turned to philanthropy with special interests in education. With unselfish thoughts, he founded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From his adopted Pennsylvania home, he endowed the Carnegie University and Carnegie museums. Over the years, his generosity led to the establishment of many libraries, schools, and universities in America. In spite of his busy daily schedule, Andrew Carnegie found time to write several books, including the well received Gospel of Wealth, and dozens of magazine and newspaper articles. It is with great pleasure that I offer the podium to Herr Andrew Carnegie. Thank you, Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg. The Chancellor who stood a foot higher than the American bent forward to shake Carnegies hand which led to a titter among the audience. After spreading his notepaper on the lectern, the philanthropist turned to the Emperor. Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for inviting me here today. Wilhelm nodded several times exposing a broad grin. Carnegies carefully trimmed white beard glowed under a dozen closely placed incandescent lights. The audience saw a kindly, old mans face that looked more like a favorite uncle that a millionaire. I bring greetings and congratulations to His Majesty from the great metropolis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania populated by a half-million German descendents. His voice revealed a hint of Scottish burr. The worlds greatest steel producing center lies between the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers that join to create the great Ohio River that opened the West to adventurous Americans. At the time Germany was unified in 1871, Pittsburgh was a village of 75,000 inhabitants. Today, it is a thriving metropolis, the fifth largest city in the United States. It was steel that created work for thousands of families. Steel provided them with schools, hospitals, fine roads and tall buildings. At the same time we learned that Berlin was on a parallel growth pattern. I believe that such growth is the result of peace throughout both lands. We can all agree that war is absent as economic growth brings full bellies and general happiness to the people. The audience shouted, Hoch! Hoch! Hoch! I want to share with you a secret Ive kept for many years. I am not only an industrialist, I am a preacher. The audience fell silent awaiting an explanation from the diminutive elder. Yes, dear friends I am a preacher, but a very special type. I preach peace. I preach the peace that our Lord Jesus Christ desired for all mankind. As I turn and face his Majesty Wilhelm II, I see a man who also preaches peace for the world. When I first met the Emperor a decade ago, he told me that Europe is too small to be divided into so many small states. He said that he had long considered a plan for a federation of Europe. I asked him what such a scheme would accomplish.

God And Evil

Author : Michael L Peterson
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book God And Evil written by Michael L Peterson and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1998-08-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, well-structured survey examines the problem of evil in the context of the philosophy of religion. One of the core topics in that field, the problem of evil is an enduring challenge that Western philosophers have pondered for almost two thousand years. The main problem of evil consists in reconciling belief in a just and loving God with the evil and suffering in the world. Michael Peterson frames this issue by working through questions such as the following: What is the relation of rational belief to religious faith? What different conceptual moves are possible on either side of the issue? What responses have important thinkers advanced and which seem most promising? Is it possible to maintain religious commitment in light of evil? Peterson relies on the helpful distinction between moral and natural evil to clarify our understanding of the different aspects of the problem as well as avenues for response.The overall format of the text rests on classifying various types of argument from evil: the logical, the probabilistic, the evidential, and the existential arguments. Each type of argument has its own strategy which both theists and nontheists must recognize and develop. Giving both theistic and nontheistic perspectives fair representation, the text works through the issues of whether evil shows theistic belief to be inconsistent, improbable, discredited by the evidence, or threatened by personal crisis.Peterson explains how defensive strategies are particularly geared for responding to the logical and probabilistic arguments from evil while theodicy is an appropriate response to the evidential argument. Theodicy has traditionally been understood as the attempt to justify belief in a God who is all-powerful and all-good in light of evil. The text discusses the theodicies of Augustine, Leibniz, Hick, and Whitehead as enlightening examples of theodicy. This discussion allows Peterson to identify and evaluate a rather dominant theme in most theodicies: that evil can be justified by designating a greater good. In the end, Peterson even explores how certain types of theodicy, based on specifically Christian renditions of theism, might provide a basis for addressing the existential problem of evil. The reader of this book gains not only an intellectual grasp of the debate over God and evil in professional philosophy but also the personal benefit of thinking through one of the most important issues in human life.

God's World of Good and Evil

Author : Timothy Wood
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1418433837
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book God's World of Good and Evil written by Timothy Wood and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mormonism will soon become one of the major religions of the world. The theological history of Mormonism begins after the flood of Noah and during the time the people were building the great tower to reach heaven. At this time, a colony of the faithful believers in God were brought to North America where they created a magnificent civilization. Later, other colonist left the Middle East and traveled to the Americas lead by prophets of God. The secret religion of Ancient America was recorded on metal plates and rediscovered in 1822. With other modern revelations and records from the tombs of Egypt, along with the Bible, they comprise the doctrines and history of Mormonism. Within this book are the secrets of the earth, and why God would create a world of good and evil. How we all came from another planet as spirits to inhabit mortal human bodies. Our objective on earth is only part of our continuing journey. It is a school to learn about good and evil forces and that only through obedience to all of God's laws can we graduate to glory. The Devil is a main character in God's plain to try and tempt us into transgression, rebellion and sin. This book is a Christian's Battle Manual on how to recognize and overcome evil. It is a history of God's world from its birth to its expected death and then on to eternity.

God Good and Satan Evil

Author : Joseph Sener
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 164214309X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book God Good and Satan Evil written by Joseph Sener and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words of Mighty God are in the Old and New Testaments. His words are love letters to His human creation. They are about living on life on earth with satan and sins and redemption for salvation by establishing a direct mutual relationship with the Creator God who shows blessings every day and night. The complex process of being alive on earth is under constant attacks by satan while we are trying to prevent dangerous outcomes and not to fall into the abyss of satan. The humanity has been giv

God and Evil

Author : William Fitch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God and Evil written by William Fitch and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Problems of Evil and the Power of God

Author : Professor James A Keller
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409477797
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Problems of Evil and the Power of God by : Professor James A Keller

Download or read book Problems of Evil and the Power of God written by Professor James A Keller and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do bad things happen, even to good people? If there is a God, why aren't God's existence and God's will for humans more apparent? And if God really does miracles for some people, why not for others? This book examines these three problems of evil – suffering, divine hiddenness, and unfairness if miracles happen as believers claim – to explore how different ideas of God's power relate to the problem of evil. Keller argues that as long as God is believed to be all-powerful, there are no adequate answers to these problems, nor is it enough for theists simply to claim that human ignorance makes these problems insoluble. Arguing that there are no good grounds for the belief that God is all-powerful, Keller instead defends the understanding of God and God's power found in process theism and shows how it makes possible an adequate solution to the problems of evil while providing a concept of God that is religiously adequate.

God, Evil, and Ethics

Author : Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher : Gegensatz Press
ISBN 13 : 0965517918
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book God, Evil, and Ethics written by Eric v.d. Luft and published by Gegensatz Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the basic elements of the philosophy of religion tradition in a new and provocative way as original philosophical narrative interspersed with rich selections from Plato, Boethius, Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, Pascal, Descartes, Paley, Leibniz, Hume, H

God, Evil, and Redeeming Good

Author : Paul A. Macdonald Jr.
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000831221
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book God, Evil, and Redeeming Good written by Paul A. Macdonald Jr. and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an original contribution to debates about the problem of evil and the existence of God. It develops a Thomistic, Christian theodicy, the aim of which is to help us better understand not only why God allows evil, but also how God works to redeem it. In the author’s view, the existence of evil does not generate any intellectual problem that theists must address or solve to vindicate God or the rationality of theism. This is because acknowledging the existence of evil rationally leads us to acknowledge the existence of God. However, understanding how these two facts are compatible still requires addressing weighty, wide-ranging questions concerning God and evil. The author draws on diverse elements of Aquinas’s philosophy and theology to build an argument that evil only exists within God’s world because God has created and continues to sustain so much good. Moreover, God can and does bring good out of all evil, both cosmically and within the context of our own, individual lives. In making this argument, the author engages with contemporary work on the problem of evil from analytic philosophy of religion and theology. Additionally, he addresses a broad range of topics and doctrines within Thomistic and Christian thought, including God, creation, providence, original sin, redemption, heaven and hell, and the theological virtues. God, Evil, and Redeeming Good is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas.

God, Evil and Design

Author : David O'Connor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444301292
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book God, Evil and Design written by David O'Connor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although vast and complex, the universe is orderly in many ways,and conditions at its beginning were right for the eventualevolution of life on this planet. But with life there is death, andwith sentient life there is great pain and suffering, often with noapparent justification or purpose. Taking these things together, isit reasonable to conclude that the universe was brought about byGod? Moreover, does the magnitude of seemingly pointless sufferingsquare with the idea that God exists, or is it good reason to thinkthere is no God? These questions come up for many people, not justreligious believers, and are examined in this engaging andthought-provoking book. Starting out with no pre-disposition to theism, atheism, oragnosticism, God, Evil, and Design takes up these questions inorder to see where an impartial investigation leads. To achieveimpartiality, the reader is invited to simulate ignorance insofaras his or her own religious preference is concerned. With thisapproach, God, Evil, and Design provides both a fresh look atimportant and controversial issues in philosophy and an excellentintroduction to the contemporary debates surrounding them. Livelyand non-technical, this book will be accessible to anyone with aninterest in these topics.

Satan and the Problem of Evil

Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830815500
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Satan and the Problem of Evil written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2001-10-08 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory Boyd seeks to defend his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theod-icy with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery.

Fight Valiantly

Author : Tom Clammer
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334058228
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Fight Valiantly written by Tom Clammer and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a clear lack in the Church of England of a coherent and thought through treatment of evil and the devil within the texts which the Church of England traditionally identifies as the repositories of doctrine. Focusing on initiation, healing and deliverence liturgies within the church, "Fight Valiantly" seeks to rectify that defecit, considering the Church of England's liturgical practice in the parishes, and highlighting the present danger of worshippers receiving an inconsistent and potentially incoherent account of the relationship with evil.

Good Lord, Deliver Us

Author : Rowan Crews
Publisher : O S L Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781878009418
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Good Lord, Deliver Us written by Rowan Crews and published by O S L Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God and the Problem of Evil

Author : Chad Meister
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830891749
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book God and the Problem of Evil written by Chad Meister and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil abounds. And so do the attempts to understand God in the face of such evil. The problem of evil is a constant challenge to faith in God. How can we believe in a loving and powerful God given the existence of so much suffering in the world? Philosophers and theologians have addressed this problem countless times over the centuries. New explanations have been proposed in recent decades drawing on resources in Scripture, theology, philosophy, and science. This Spectrum Multiview volume stages a dialogue between the five key positions in the current debate: Phillip Cary: A Classic View William Lane Craig: A Molinist View William Hasker: An Open Theist View Thomas Jay Oord: An Essential Kenosis View Stephen Wykstra: A Skeptical Theism View According to the classic position, associated especially with the Augustinian tradition, God permits evil and suffering as part of the grand narrative of divine providence to bring about the redemption of creation. Molinism modifies the classic view by adding God's middle knowledge to the picture, in which God has knowledge of what creatures would do in all possible worlds. Open theism rejects the determinism of the classic view in favor of an account of God as a risk-taker who does not know for sure what the future holds. Essential kenosis goes further in providing a comprehensive theodicy by arguing that God cannot control creatures and thus cannot unilaterally prevent evil. Skeptical theism rejects the attempt to provide a theodicy and instead argues that, if God exists, we should not expect to understand God's purposes. Edited and with an introduction by Chad Meister and James K. Dew Jr., God and the Problem of Evil hosts a generous and informative conversation on one of the most pressing issues in the Christian life. Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.

Christianity as Taught by S. Paul

Author : William Josiah Irons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity as Taught by S. Paul written by William Josiah Irons and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam

Author : Salih Sayilgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009377272
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam written by Salih Sayilgan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Salih Sayilgan explores the problem of evil and suffering in Islamic theology along with the questions that both religious and non-religious people alike perennially ask: Why is there evil and suffering? What is God's role in both natural and moral evil? If God is loving, just, powerful, why is there innocent suffering? Do humans have free will or are they predestined to act in a certain way? Examining both theoretical and practical theodicy in Islam, he provides Muslim perspectives on natural and moral evil in light of Islamic theological concepts. Sayilgan interrogates several specific topics related to evil and suffering, including death, sickness, aging, disability, climate change, and pandemics. These topics are explored through case studies from the lives of Muslims, with particular attention given to the American context. A comparative and dialogical study, Sayilgan's volume also engages with Zoroastrian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian approaches, as well as non-religious perspectives. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Where Was God: Evil, Theodicy, and Modern Science

Author :
Publisher : Gary Stilwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Was God: Evil, Theodicy, and Modern Science written by and published by Gary Stilwell. This book was released on with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cursed Family, or the Evil of Neglecting Family Prayer

Author : Thomas Risley
Publisher : Puritan Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626634041
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Cursed Family, or the Evil of Neglecting Family Prayer written by Thomas Risley and published by Puritan Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a biblically helpful and pointed exhortation to church families to examine their household practices in light of Scriptural principles to serve God in the family. The family should operate as a reflection of the church; it is in fact to be a little church. Risley’s thesis is that wicked houses are under the curse of God, and are without his gracious keeping and fatherly care. He shows the responsibility of parents in family worship, for, to be without service to God in this way is to mimic a cursed family. As much as parents are natural parents to their children (providing food, shelter, and clothing), those in the church who have professed to be Christian parents have promised in the presence of God that their children should be virtuously brought up to lead a godly, Christian life. Risley also explains that God’s curse is on wicked houses. Parents must take heed of being evil examples to their children, of swearing, cursing, sabbath-breaking, cheating, stealing, oppressing, coveting, lest they, by following in their footsteps, suffer eternal judgments. Parents are reminded of what it means to break their baptismal covenant, and by this causing their children to break it, undoing themselves and their children to God’s blessings for all eternity unless the mercy of Christ intervenes. Finally, he shows that persistent wicked men and their families are subject to God’s curse both in temporal things, and in spiritual things; especially in their wicked use of performing “outward duties” of religion in hypocrisy such as prayer, hearing the word, coming to the sacrament, reading God’s word, reading good books, and conversing with others about matters of religion. Such pernicious influences of the sins of wicked families on Christ’s church and kingdom, have several consequences which must be remedied. He demonstrates this in seven concluding observations.