An Interview with John Frame on the Problem of Evil

A great interview with John Frame on the Problem of Evil:

http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/08/interview-with-john-frame-on-problem-of.html

John Frame has been a significant influence on me, and I really have appreciated his brilliant mind and am grateful to God for his writing ministry. If you're looking for a serious contemporary systematic theologian to read who engages brilliantly with current and ancient theology and philosophy, he's your man! Here's a bit of background on him, from Between Two Worlds:

John Frame (b. 1939) is professor and chair of systematic theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, where he has taught since 2005. He previously taught for thirty-one years at Westminster Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and was a founding faculty member of Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, California. He has earned degrees at Princeton University (A.B.), Westminster Theological Seminary (B.D.), Yale University (M.A., M.Phil.), and Belhaven College (D.D.). His website lists (and hosts many of) his voluminous publications and includes a blog.

He has written on the problem of evil in at least the following publications:

1. 1994: “Apologetics as Defense: The Problem of Evil.” Pages 149–90 in Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian & Reformed.
2. 1995: Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian & Reformed. [See pp. 83–86.]
3. 2002: “The Problem of Evil.” Pages 160–82 in The Doctrine of God. A Theology of Lordship 2. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian & Reformed.
4. 2008: “The Problem of Evil.” Pages 141–64 in Suffering and the Goodness of God. Edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. Theology in Community 1. Wheaton: Crossway.

No Little People

From Francis Schaeffer's No Little People:

"We must remember throughout our lives that in God's sight there are no little people and no little places. Only one thing is important: to be consecrated persons in God's place for us, at each moment."

I Like Burritos

I'm probably in a small minority of bloggers who actually aren't taking too much notice of the US Presidential race. But, I was reading the liveblog of the McCain/Obama meeting with Rick Warren at his Saddleback church. Within a matter of seconds I was pleasantly surprised that in between all the 'God-pronounced' judgments on the candidates, one bloke had the humour to proclaim to the cosmos what food he liked:

"One woman carried a large picture of an aborted fetus that said "Barack Obama Change This." Others read "Obama Mama" and "Enough Dead." The requisite Ron Paul and Ralph Nader supporters made an appearance. Two people held three signs that read "God Hates Obama," "God Hates McCain" and "America is Doomed." And one man, inexplicably, held a sign that said "I Like Burritos.""

Haha! Good on him!