N. T. Wright introduces Evil and the Justice of God

Theologian N. T. Wright takes an honest look at the world, examining the reality of evil, our inability to defeat it through progress, democracy and other human schemes, and the solution God offers in Jesus. This is a preview of both a book, Evil and the Justice of God, and a DVD, Evil, both available from InterVarsity Press.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• evil
• suffering
• poverty
• war
• tragedy
• torture
• famine
• disease
• justice
• theology
• Christianity

[AnneRiceDotCom]

Wonderful to hear the voice of the Bishop of Durham as he instructs us and enlightens us. He is a great man of God, and I'm grateful for all his many books. They have shaped my vision of Our Lord, deepened my faith, and my hope for understanding. Anne Rice.

[jwzoomie]

listen to this man!

[geezusispan]

Nice anti-infomercial!! heheh

This guy has no shame.....

[geezusispan]

Evil can never be extinguished without also rising above good. They are two sides of the same coin. They can only exist together. dualism.... Human concepts, NOT a separate reality.

[cloudbusterman]

Why is the Problem of Evil unrecognized as a canard?

Look in Genesis 1-3 and you will find endless errors: Adam misquotes God, Eve misquotes Adam and snake, They pick the wrong tree in the centre of the garden. All told about 30 errors. So Original Sin is caused by ERROR not intent.

Since God is truth NOT error, by definition, Original Sin is not His, and entraps to use of one-sided snaky (= Draconian), impulsive, fork-tongued, urge-to-purge, evil/ good dualisms.

QED There is no Problem of Evil.

[horselaverda]

misleading advert,so,evil in its own right

[Pigroota]

And what's all this crap he's advertising every 5 seconds? Western society is arrogant and yet you see fit to make ypur own profit from it? It's just the epitome of hypocrisy

[Pigroota]

Crap on mate. This clip shows the recklessness of theologists - saying that western society is arrogant, we are doomed to evil and that somehow god will show us the path. What a load of bullshit. If you can't forge a path under your own moral code then how can can you be expected to follow an arbitrary one?And if you wanna talk society then educate yourself on the various ideologies like capitalism and reach a conclusion in a logical manner, not some mumbo jumbo written 2000 years ago

[teed60]

We have the only book we need to have some knowledge of these subjects.Scripture will teach and will strengthen you,Christ teachings are all there for us to see,be in spirit as he taught.Books are just a commodity for the consumers of the world,read the bible.

[Hkepfer]

Progress, like pornography, is hard to define on paper.

But one does know it, when one sees it.

Some clear a swamp, others declare eco-murder.

In terms of Orthodoxy, Bishop Wright lives up to the coincidence of his name; his academic credentials are substantial & his is highly articulate.

While, "why there is suffering and or evil" are profound questions that legitimately should be pondered, I submit that the universal & ubiquitous neurosis, has always been, is, and will remain, death.

[shawry86]

yeah god was a cunt