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If God is in control then why is there evil?

If God is in control then why is there evil?

Atheists call this the "Christian\'s Achilles Heel". That is, "If God is all powerful and a God of providence (i.e. controls all things) then isn\'t He the author of evil?" This is a tough question and one you would or will face in its various forms. For example, someone asks you, "My child died. Why did your God of love let that happen?" How do you answer a question like that?! .

  • Head vs Heart

    Good art has two ingredients: natural ability and developed skill. It is a tricky balance for an artist to maintain these two ingredients consistently and tastefully in practice, composition and performance; however, it is something that each artist must work to master, and I believe it is a balance that largely defines the success of an artist.

  • Walking away from temptation

    One of the many battles that Christians are bound to face is that of resisting temptation. Many Christians struggle to resist temptation while others are sometimes able to walk away from it. We seem to be under a constant battle between doing what we know is right and that which we know is wrong.

  • Give me strength!

    Having spent Christmas of 2011 in Melbourne catching up with some old friends and ex-students of mine, it was again time to continue our trip to our new home in Queensland. We had already travelled over 3000km to this point from Alice Springs in Central Australia. The next four days involved a 724km trip to Forbes and another short 153km trip to Dubbo and Parkes.

  • Forgiving a convicted criminal

    Whether you have a personal faith or not, many of us understand the importance of forgiveness. We understand that forgiving people who have done wrong by us is important for us as well as for them.

  • Look past the clouds

    I have a very simple comment for this month. Something that came to me on my way to work the other morning. One of God's simple reminders that He is always here for us.

  • Mothers are a treasure

    Motherhood is feted each year in about 155 countries around the world. Though the dates are different, the celebration and its origin are the same. A special day to pay respect to mothers is so widespread across continents and cultures it clearly indicates it is an important need of the human soul.

  • Ministerial Meltdown - Part III: What can we do about this Ministerial Malady?

    Ministerial Meltdown is a three-part series written by Dr Alan Palmer, the Head of Religious Studies and Head of Scholars and Oxbridge at Culford School, who draw from his own experience discusses the causes, symptoms and remedies of nervous breakdown a.k.a. 'burnout' for ministers.

  • A pressure cooker in dry dock

    Logos Hope entered the floating dry dock shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines for herits annual maintenance work. Little did I know that the ship life I once knew would be radically changed. This in turn posed some challenges that hit me hard on an emotional level. I felt like the dry dock phase transformed the ship into a pressure cooker in which I was caught off guard. Is this just my own imagination?

  • The Machine Gun Preacher Sam Childers in Melbourne

    I was lucky enough this last week to make it to Bayside Church in Melbourne to see Sam Childers, aka. the Machine Gun preacher speak at a men\'s night. I had just recently seen the movie based on his life so far (The Machine Gun Preacher - starring Gerrard Butler), focusing upon his work in South Sudan founding the Children\'s Village Orphanage in Nimule, and was keen to see the man in person.

  • A letter to my 19 year old self - Part 1

    To a 19 year old girl, I have formed this letter, In the hope that somehow, I can make her life better. I\'ve gathered comments from women about their life, As a teen growing up; some were in strife.

  • Hype

    There are a number of things that raise our expectations. Sadly, it seems that increasingly we are being let down.