I was helped recently by some lines from American poet Walt Whitman while contemplating problems of prayer and providence which I addressed in two posts earlier this year. Warning: Whitman is famous for his optimism (and often criticized for it), but I like to reserve judgment on the ‘optimism’ of great poets, because they sometimes enjoy the [...]
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New thoughts on providence in regard to evil events
Posted in Apologetics, evil, good and evil, providence, theodicy, tagged Christianity, philosophy, theism, theology, Walt Whitman on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Prayer, hard work, and God’s unchanging providence
Posted in prayer, providence, theology, tagged Christianity, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Old Ways, pagans on February 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
With help from Kierkegaard I advanced some ideas last month about prayer to an unchanging God, and here I want to start some related thoughts about God’s providence. A theology with no theory of prayer is a study without a method. All real theologies describe and account for the function and object of prayer, and [...]
