The Redeemed Good Defense
The Redeemed Good Defense

Author: Anthony MacPherson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1666709840

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"Why God?" Everyday this question is uttered in sorrow, bewilderment, or anger. This cry is the problem of suffering. It is also known as the problem of evil. It asks why a good, all-powerful God allows evil and pain. Theodicy is the name of the theological responses that seek to defend God against charges of unfairness. Traditional theodicies have been accused of intensifying the problem by claiming that God is justified in allowing evil because he uses it to bring about a greater good. This greater-good approach has been criticized in more recent times. It seems to uncomfortably align God and evil too closely together. Does God need evil in order to bring good? This study explores an alternative stream of theodicy found in the idea of cosmic warfare. In this theodicy God fights evil in its moral, physical, spiritual, and supernatural forms. This book explores the world of theodicy and its cosmic warfare forms. It navigates the theological and ethical minefields involved. Building on the idea that God is in the midst of a great cosmic controversy, it seeks to further the conversation and articulates a new alternative "redeemed good defense."

Redemption Redeemed
Redemption Redeemed

Author: John Goodwin

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2004-06-21

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1592447309

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John Goodwin (1593-1665), the eminent Puritan Arminian divine, was a man ahead of his time who lived in a turbulent era in which many principals, both theological and governmental, were subjects of controversy. This new edition of Redemption Redeemed (originally published in 1651), provides a major refutation of the Calvinistic limited atonement doctrine. Goodwin has written an adversarial treatise in which he, step by step, examines the overwhelming scriptural and theological evidence supporting the idea that Christ died for all mankind. He also refutes the opposing arguments of his day and argues that God, through his grace, provides the opportunity for all people to be saved. The Methodist Quarterly Review noted: “Had Redemption Redeemed been his only publication, it should have been enough in itself to perpetuate his (Goodwin's) fame. Its great learning, clear reasoning, sound judgment, and admirable spirit, render it worthy of the study of the lovers of this glorious doctrine, and the name of its author is one which all Arminians should delight to honor. A volume so ably written, and going to the bottom of the controversy, could not in that polemical age fail to create a storm.” In the contemporary period, as Christians enter the 21st Century and Calvinism with its disturbing implications is making a resurgence, Goodwin's masterful work is a welcome and much needed contribution to those seeking to understand the truths of God's word.

The Redeemed Good Defense
The Redeemed Good Defense

Author: Anthony MacPherson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1666709824

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“Why God?” Everyday this question is uttered in sorrow, bewilderment, or anger. This cry is the problem of suffering. It is also known as the problem of evil. It asks why a good, all-powerful God allows evil and pain. Theodicy is the name of the theological responses that seek to defend God against charges of unfairness. Traditional theodicies have been accused of intensifying the problem by claiming that God is justified in allowing evil because he uses it to bring about a greater good. This greater-good approach has been criticized in more recent times. It seems to uncomfortably align God and evil too closely together. Does God need evil in order to bring good? This study explores an alternative stream of theodicy found in the idea of cosmic warfare. In this theodicy God fights evil in its moral, physical, spiritual, and supernatural forms. This book explores the world of theodicy and its cosmic warfare forms. It navigates the theological and ethical minefields involved. Building on the idea that God is in the midst of a great cosmic controversy, it seeks to further the conversation and articulates a new alternative “redeemed good defense.”

Imagination Redeemed
Imagination Redeemed

Author: Gene Edward Veith Jr

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433541834

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Exploring an often-forgotten part of the mind, the authors examine biblical and historical precedents to highlight the importance of the imagination for knowing God, understanding His Word, and living in the world.

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God
The Crucifixion of the Warrior God

Author: Gregory A. Boyd

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 1487

ISBN-13: 1506420761

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A dramatic tension confronts every Christian believer and interpreter of Scripture: on the one hand, we encounter images of God commanding and engaging in horrendous violence: one the other hand, we encounter the non-violent teachings and example of Jesus, whose loving, self-sacrificial death and resurrection is held up as the supreme revelation of God’s character in the New Testament. How do we reconcile the tension between these seemingly disparate depictions? Are they even capable of reconciliation? Throughout Christian history, many different answers have been proposed, ranging from the long-rejected explanation that these contrasting depictions are of two entirely different ‘gods’ to recent social and cultural theories of metaphor and narrative representation. The Crucifixion of the Warrior God takes up this dramatic tension and the range of proposed answers in an epic constructive investigation. Over two volumes, renowned theologian and biblical scholar Gregory A. Boyd argues that we must take seriously the full range of Scripture as inspired, including its violent depictions of God. At the same time, we must take just as seriously the absolute centrality of the crucified and risen Christ as the supreme revelation of God. Developing a theological interpretation of Scripture that he labels a “cruciform hermeneutic,” Boyd demonstrates how Scripture’s violent images of God are completely reframed and their violence subverted when they are interpreted through the lens of the cross and resurrection. Indeed, when read through this lens, Boyd argues that these violent depictions can be shown to bear witness to the same self-sacrificial character of God that was supremely revealed on the cross.

The Redemption of Jedidiah Pinkney
The Redemption of Jedidiah Pinkney

Author: J.R. Pitts

Publisher: Ambassador International

Published: 2018-01-08

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1620206838

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A miraculous birth during a violent storm leaves a newborn crippled but blessed. Very early on his parents had shortened his given name to Jed, but there was no contradiction in meaning. Both variations in early Hebrew meant Beloved of God. A childhood maligned by bullying and teasing ends in a supernatural encounter with Christ bringing about the Redemption of Jedidiah Pinkney. He learns the grace of forgiveness on a football field eventually gaining fame in his chosen sport. When true love arrives Jed faces the biggest challenge of his young life. When Jackie James faces certain death will his heart be healed once again by yet another miraculous Redemption of Jed Pinkney. His reputation and fame are subsequently attacked by Satan seeking to destroy his testimony and faith. Jed does not retreat from the sinister assault by a reporter who wishes to destroy his Christian testimony. The night finally arrives when he is put to the greatest test of his life in front of the whole nation. Can he salvage his reputation and honor in this final showdown? On the stage in his last odyssey will the nation behold the final immaculate Redemption of Jedidiah Pinkney?