Saturday, October 17, 2020

The non-star of the show asks a question after the two hour mark


The non-star of the show asks a question after the two hour mark

Last evening

You may need to watch this on You Tube.

JCZ: Russ’ question is around 2:02:34.

Dr. and Pastor Kyle is obviously a fine scholar and is a friend of mine from Northview Community Church. He asked me before the recording started to quote 'Not make him look bad'. So, based on the night's events, I asked him a fair question which I thought he would be able to answer and also simultaneously would make us both look educated. He did well, and told me after it was his most difficult question.

I am not an expert on eschatology, but it does overlap with my expertise (by God's grace) with theodicy, free will, determinism and the nature of God.


The photo is the new 'Kingpin' chair. I found out I am better off with metal legs. This leather chair squeaks in a similar way to Arne's old black leather jacket in secondary school, every time he moved. 
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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Translated by Eric H. Wahlstrom, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.

BAUER, W. (1979) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Translated by Eric H. Wahlstrom, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 

BROWNING, W.R.F. (1997) Oxford Dictionary of the Bible, Oxford, Oxford University Press. 

BRUCE, F.F. (1986) ‘Revelation’, in F.F. Bruce (gen.ed.), The International Bible Commentary, Grand Rapids, Marshall Pickering/ Zondervan.

COUSINS, PETER E (1986) 'First and Second Thessalonians' in F.F. Bruce (ed.), The International Bible Commentary, Grand Rapids, Zondervan.

HUBBARD, DAVID A.(1996) ‘Antichrist’, in Walter A. Elwell (ed.), Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Books. 

MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1990) The Book of Revelation, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 

MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1995) The New American Commentary: Romans, Nashville, Broadman & Holman Publishers.

STRONG, J. (1986) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Pickering, Ontario, Welch Publishing Company.

THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT (1993) Stuttgart, United Bible Societies. 

Thursday, October 15, 2020

PhD: Twitter quote 11

PhD: Twitter quote 11

Photo is aerial view of Lampeter, Wales

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter 

Kirk Durston (2000) explains gratuitous evil is commonly understood as evil that God could have prevented without forfeiting a greater good, or permitting a worse evil. Durston (2000: 67). 

DURSTON, KIRK (2000) ‘The Consequential Complexity of History and Gratuitous Evil’, in Religious Studies, Volume 36, pp. 65-80. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Archived related article

Wednesday, November 12, 2008: Gratuitous evil revisited

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

PhD: Twitter quote 10

PhD: Twitter quote 10

Photo is of campuses of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David from the UWTSD

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter 

R.K. McGregor Wright states that God cannot violate his own attributes and could not, for example, make a stone too heavy for the almighty to lift. Wright (1996: 278).

WRIGHT, R.K.McGREGOR (1996) No Place for Sovereignty, Downers Grove, Illinois, InterVarsity Press.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

PhD: Twitter quote 9

PhD: Twitter quote 9

Photo: Lampeter, Wales: West Wales Holiday Cottages

Twitter version

Rebard (1996) states that the logical problem of evil exists as God is omnibenevolent and omnipotent. If God cannot end evil, he is not omnipotent, and if he can prevent evil and does not, he is not omnibenevolent or all loving.

Edited PhD version quote

Philosopher Theodore P. Rebard (1996) states that the logical problem of evil exists since God is omnibenevolent and omnipotent, Rebard (1996: 1). He writes critics can view the logical problem as meaning that if God cannot end evil, he is not omnipotent, and if he can prevent evil and does not, he is not omnibenevolent or all loving. Rebard (1996: 1). 

Greek philosopher Epicurus was known to have made a similar statement. Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)(1949: 80). Rebard concludes that God either does not exist or is misunderstood. Rebard (1996: 1).

EPICURUS (341-270 B.C.)(1949) in Overcoming Evil from the German translation, Von der Ueberwindung der Furcht, Zurich, Von der Ueberwindung der Furcht. 

REBARD, THEODORE P. (1996) ‘The Problem of Evil Revisited’, in Catholic.net, North Haven, Connecticut, Christian Philosophy, Catholic. net. http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Faith/1112-96/philos1.html