God at War Boyd Gregory
God at War Boyd Gregory In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil…
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God at War Boyd Gregory
In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God.
Modern Christians attempt to intellectually understand evil, whereas New Testament writers grappled with overcoming evil. New Testament writers, on the other hand, were inclined to expect evil and fight against it. Through a close and sophisticated reading of both Old and New Testaments, Boyd argues that Satan has been in an age-long (but not eternal) battle against God, and that this conflict "is a major dimension of the ultimate canvas against which everything within the biblical narrative,