Tag Archives: evil

Letting Go

Posted on July 31, 2019 by jrcoggins

Nothing good is likely to come from a conversation that starts with the other person calling me “immature, stupid, and ignorant.” Yet this was what G. alleged when he contacted me by email a little while ago. G. was responding … Continue reading →

Posted in James R. Coggins | Tagged evil, forgiveness, The Way of Letting Go, Wilma Derksen | 2 Comments

Why Does God Allow It?

Posted on June 22, 2019 by writinginoverdrive

by Jim Denney, adapted from ANSWERS TO SATISFY THE SOUL: Clear, Straight Answers to 20 of Life’s Most Perplexing Questions In the 1981 movie Time Bandits, the satanic Evil Genius (played by David Warner) wreaks enormous carnage and destruction on … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim Denney, Uncategorized | Tagged evil, Free Will, God, Human Evil, Injustice, Jesus, M. Scott Peck, sin, sorrow, Theodicy, Time Bandits, Wounded Healer | Leave a comment

What is Truth? by Jim Denney

Posted on January 12, 2019 by writinginoverdrive

Opinion by Jim Denney, author of Answers to Satisfy the Soul Kathy Myatt has been a missionary nurse in Brazil, an instructor in pediatric nursing at Tennessee State University, and an instructor in psychopathology and psychopharmacology at Gordon Conwell Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim Denney, Uncategorized | Tagged Education, evil, Good and Evil, Jesus, mental illness, Moral Relativism, morality, Objective Truth, Psychosis, Solipsism, The Truth Will Set You Free, truth | Leave a comment

Death and Destruction in Paradise

Posted on November 24, 2018 by writinginoverdrive

Opinion by Jim Denney I have visited Paradise. Years ago, we visited my wife’s brother and his wife in their home in the northern California town of Paradise in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Our kids played in the snow on … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim Denney, Uncategorized | Tagged Bureaucracy, California, California Wildfires, Camp Fire, CPUC, Cronyism, Disasters, evil, Famine, Free Will, Good and Evil, Jerry Brown, Paradise, PG&E, San Bruno, SB 1463, State Government, suffering, Theodicy, Why Does God Allow Evil, Wildfires | 1 Comment

Making Sense of the Senseless by James L. Rubart

Posted on December 18, 2012 by James L. Rubart

Has it been hard for you since Friday? Trying to make sense of the massacre? Me too. Our boys are 20 and 17, but moments ago they were in grade school and my mind skips a beat when I try … Continue reading →

Posted in Honored Alumni, James L. Rubart, Uncategorized | Tagged answers, evil, truth | 2 Comments

The Dark Side

Posted on October 28, 2011 by lynettesowell

For the most part, I’ve written sweet and light tales, stories about women and men who overcome personal obstacles, have lessons to learn, and eventually fall in love. I, like many readers, enjoy reading a good romance or watching a … Continue reading →