Brett | June 29, 2010
There are two streams of attacks against Christianity that seem to be in conflict with one another. On the one hand we have the problem of pain. This has been described as the most difficult problem that Christianity faces. Example after example of horrendous evils are marshaled forth as evidence [...]
Brett | June 7, 2010
Theodicy is a term that derives from two Greeks words “God” and “righteousness.” It is a discipline that seeks to provide an answer for the righteousness of God in light of all the evil in the world. David Hume framed perhaps the most famous formulation of the issue in his Dialogs Concerning Natural Religion:
“Is he [...]
Brett | December 21, 2009
A good friend of mine recently raised the question of God’s dealing with man (specifically in the OT).The issue raised is one that I have encountered a few times and goes something like this, “It is often hard for me to imagine a god more cruel than our own.” Since this is a recurring topic [...]
O men of the world! what good can you desire which is not in Christ? The excellencies of earth are but His footstool; the excellencies of heaven are but His throne! How excellent, then, must He himself be! -James Meikle
My Name is Brett Scollard. I am husband to the most amazing woman in the world, father to 7 wonderful kids and pastor of Grace Community Church in McCook Nebraska. I am confessionally a Reformed Baptist. I run this blog as a means to sharpen and be sharpened so that we may all, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
