Coming to Terms with the Problem of Evil

May 19, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

If you want a simple and effective way to identify a Christian apologist worth listening to, ask them to share […]

apologetics, evil, problem of evil, steelman, suffering

Thoughts and Prayers and the Atheist’s Scorn

October 12, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 16 Comments

Hurricanes. Wildfires. Mass shootings. The possibility of nuclear annihilation. Is it any surprise that we regularly hear the call to […]

atheism, evil

A Case Where I Spend WAY TOO MUCH Time Analyzing a Snide Atheist Meme

August 18, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 6 Comments

Here is a tweet from the folks at “Atheist Republic”. Call it a meme if you want. (Might as well […]

atheism, bullshit, evil, falsification, problem of evil, providence, rhetoric

On Praying for Milo

February 21, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 10 Comments

We live in an age where extreme and hateful voices like that of Milo Yiannopoulos get way more attention than […]

Dead Man Walking, ethics, evil, forgiveness, Milo Yiannopoulos, pedophilia, prayer, sin

Cursing the Killer: On Praying the Imprecatory Psalms

June 19, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 3 Comments

Over the years I’ve preached my sermon on the imprecatory psalms on several occasions. Not surprisingly, when you return to […]

biblical violence, curse, evil, forgiveness, God, imprecatory psalm, problem of evil, sermon

God and the Problem of Suffering: An Interview with Paul Buller

May 26, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 48 Comments

In this interview I discuss that most difficult of problems, God and suffering, with Christian apologist Paul Buller. Paul is […]

apologetics, evil, interview, Paul Buller, problem of evil, suffering, theodicy, theology

The Act of Killing: A Review

January 20, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 14 Comments

Pull the annals of the twentieth century off the shelf and you will find them dripping with the blood of […]

documentary, evil, genocide, review, The Act of Killing

61. The Chaplains: Notes from the Frontlines

February 11, 2015 / Randal / Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 26 Comments

Given that C. S. Lewis wrote one of the most influential theodicies of the twentieth century, The Problem of Pain, […]

chaplaincy, evil, interview, ministry, problem of evil, suffering

Why “The Wolf of Wall Street” is an evil, despicable film

December 27, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 30 Comments

I haven’t watched Martin Scorsese’s new film “The Wolf of Wall Street”. Nor do I intend to. Consequently, you might […]

evil, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorcese, psychopath, psychopathy, The Wolf of Wall Street

Smith, Jones, and wandering into “Wandering in the Darkness”

November 9, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 2 Comments

Yesterday I started reading Eleonore Stump’s magisterial 2010 book Wandering in the Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford: Clarendon […]

analytic philosophy, Eleonore Stump, evil, narrative, Wandering in the Darkness

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