What about Evil? A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory

Author: Scott Christensen

Reconciling the existence of God and evil has been a long-standing conundrum in Christian theology, yet a philosophical approach--rather than a theological one--dominates the discussion. Turning to the Bible's grand storyline, Scott Christensen examines how sin, evil, corruption, and death fit into the broad outlines of redemptive history. He argues that God's ultimate end in creation is to magnify his glory to his image-bearers, most notably by defeating evil through the atoning work of Christ.

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1. Introduction: The Problem of Evil
2. Theodicy and the Crisis of Our Secular Age
3. Probing the Darkness
4. Justifying the Ways of God
5. Guarding the Sacred Treasure of Free Will
6. Working for the Greater Good
7. The Transcendent Author of History
8. Walking through the Bible’s Dark Forest
9. The Challenge of Moral Responsibility
10. Everybody Loves a Good Ending
11. The One True Story
12. The Fortunate Fall and God’s Greatest Glory
13. God’s Redemptive Glory in Scripture
14. The Peerless Redeemer
15. The Suffering Redeemer
16. The Cosmic Redeemer
17. The Grace-and-Glory Effect

Appendix: Sullied by Supralapsarianism?