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problem of suffering

My Dad’s Alzheimer’s in 46 Tweets

May 7, 2019 by Randal

This article consists of a series of tweets which tell the story of my experience of my father’s Alzheimer’s Disease from right before his diagnosis in December 2017 to his death on April 3, 2019 and the hope of the resurrection that remains. Interesting, after I added up all the tweets, I realized I had […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alzheimer's Disease, dad, dementia, father, problem of evil, problem of suffering

Why I’m grateful for open theism (even though I’m not an open theist)

November 17, 2017 by Randal

A few years ago I heard a lady speak on the devastating experience of losing her son. As the extraordinarily painful narrative unfolded, she described how her faith had faltered on the rock of divine foreknowledge. And she recounted the central question she faced: how could she worship a god who foreknew and — by […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: open theism, problem of evil, problem of suffering, theology

A Child Dying of Cancer Should Change Us All

November 23, 2016 by Randal

A few weeks ago grieving father Andy Whelan posted a photo of his beloved four year old daughter Jessica in the midst of agony from the cancer that would soon take her life. Whelan posted the photo so that the world could appreciate the horror of childhood cancer and be motivated anew to fight it. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: cancer, moral formation, natural evil, problem of suffering

88. Euthanasia, Death, and the Good Life: A Conversation with Heidi Janz

March 15, 2016 by Randal

“Euthanasia.” The word derives from the Greek prefix “eu” or good, and “thanatos” or death. Hence, euthanasia promises a good death. But what is a good death? And what right do medical practitioners have to bring it about? These questions press themselves upon us with increasing urgency as various jurisdictions consider the adoption of new […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bioethics, ethics, euthanasia, Heidi Janz, problem of evil, problem of suffering, suffering, theology

85. No Easy Answers: Kelly Kapic on God, theology, and suffering

February 17, 2016 by Randal

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So go the words of the Celebrant in the Ash Wednesday service that initiates the season of Lent. Dust we may be, but we are dust that thinks, dust that knows, dust that feels. We are dust that suffers as it is forced to grapple with […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, interview, Kelly Kapic, pastoral theology, problem of evil, problem of suffering, providence, suffering

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