There’s been a lot of talk online about how the advent of COVID-19 is an act of God specifically aimed at judging wicked people. While there’s no passage of Scripture that refers to the coronavirus (really … there isn’t), there is an interesting passage in the gospels...
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Thoughts about Evil and the Gods
This essay on the Federalist will be of interest to those who follow my work and have read The Unseen Realm: Why We Should Question God in Response to Evil and Tragedy The essay is by Aaron Gleason. He’s familiar with the divine council and the sorts of things I...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 164: Paul’s Ascent and Angelic Torment with David Burnett
David Burnett returns to the podcast to discuss Paul’s defense of his apostleship and his heavenly ascent in 2 Corinthians 11-12. This episode expands upon an earlier episode on Paul’s ascent, specifically linking it to Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature (the...
My New Book Reversing Hermon is Now Available for Pre-Order
Someone sent me an email a week ago that my new book, Reversing Hermon: Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ , was available for pre-order. Sorry I forgot to blog it then. It’s been number 1 in the angels and demons new releases...
A Few Thoughts on Job
This will be brief (I know, you’re amazed). Basically, the message of Job is fairly simple, but some would say not very comforting. When Job and God have their conversation at the end of the book, God’s answer to his (and the reader’s) implicit...
Second Follow Up on God and Haiti Post
This is another note in response to Jonathan’s question about my God and Haiti post. There are two causes of suffering in the world:Â natural disasters and human evil. The former is part of creation; the latter was not “arranged” by God, but was a...
God and Haiti
The impact of the catastrophic earthquake last week in Haiti is still rippling through the small, impoverished country. The scale of the tragedy is still building to its full crescendo of horror. But even now the calamity prompts questions concerning the whereabouts...
God and Disaster
I just saw this on John Hobbins’ blog, Ancient Hebrew Poetry. John’s a friend of mine, and his blog is a good one. He writes: Eastern Orthodox theologian David B. Hart blasts away at all the latter-day comforters of Job, who, in the wake of the disasters...