John Totten

Nicolas Cage and the Problem of Evil: Why Do Good Movies Happen to Bad Actors?

Today, as I write this, the world is learning about the death of Ronnie James Dio, who succumbed to stomach cancer at the age of sixty-seven. The heavy-metal singer replaced Ozzy Osbourne in the late ’70s as the front man for Black Sabbath. After several years and records, Dio went on to front Ritchie Blackmore’s […]

J. Kameron Carter

Why Lord? Haiti and the God-Question

In this essay, theologian J. Kameron Carter considers what’s wrong with theodicy questions, or questions about God, suffering, and evil, in relationship to the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Lambert Zuidervaart

Earth’s Lament: Suffering, Hope, and Wisdom

This essay proposes a philosophy that is committed to truth and passionate for comprehensive wisdom, one that expresses suffering out of hope for God’s future.