Why? - Hardcover

Dicello, Carmen

 
9781498248990: Why?

Synopsis

Nothing so baffles the mind or staggers the soul than the reality and sheer intensity of human suffering. How can we explain such widespread malevolence in a world ruled by a benevolent God? What is the proper response to such pain and puzzlement? Skeptics and believers alike are compelled to ask, ""Why?"" Some have advocated an overly confident and simplistic theodicy, while others have retreated to a place of doubt or even unbelief. But neither of these options will do. Carmen DiCello urges that we reject both unwarranted confidence and outright skepticism, favoring an approach in which human knowledge and human ignorance are held in tension. Providing a helpful framework for thinking through these issues, DiCello balances what we can know with what we can't, showing that there is reason enough to believe along with ample cause to rest our hearts and minds in a good, sovereign, but also mystifying God. Why? provides spiritual and intellectual guidance for all who are willing to venture into these troubling waters, and who desire to emerge with a realistic faith and a sustaining hope.

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About the Author

Carmen C. DiCello has served as an associate and senior pastor in various churches since 1992, and he is currently both a public school teacher and adjunct professor at Columbia Evangelical Seminary in Longview, Washington.

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9781597529549: Why?: Reflections on the Problem of Evil

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ISBN 10:  1597529540 ISBN 13:  9781597529549
Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2007
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