It’s typical to think of the problem of evil like this: we picture ourselves in this world of suffering; then we picture ourselves in a world with far less suffering. And then we wonder, “Shouldn’t God have created us in the other world – the world with far less suffering?”
I argued that Jesus was either the most useless religious figure in history, who didn’t want to be worshipped but failed to communicate that to his followers or he really should be worshipped!
We don’t always agree about just which things are good or evil in a given situation, but there does appear to be universal acknowledgement that some things really are good, and some things really are evil. In other words, humans just are profoundly moral. Why is this? Where does the phenomenon of morality come from? And why does it seem to be hard-wired into us? The argument from ‘good’, or the moral argument, claims that the best explanation for morality is the existence of God.
May the church today exercise free speech with genuine fruitfulness by seeing speech not primarily as a right to assert but a duty to discharge in the cause of Christ-shaped love for the good of the world.
A webinar with special guest Richard Shumack, Andy Bannister, and Gavin Matthews. Richard is Director of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at Melbourne School of Theology and has written “Jesus Through Muslim Eyes”.
When you’re a “professional” evangelist and “qualified” apologist, that means it all comes easy when sharing your faith, right? But we all have to start somewhere. This time on PEP Talk, Kristi Mair interviews her normal co-host Andy Bannister about…
Andy Bannister hosts Dan and Phil and talked at length about Islam, evangelism, the questions our culture generates, helpful apologetics and more!
Imagine if there was no religion. Would it really be as blissful and breezy as a chart-topping pop song? Despite the blame religion often gets for the world’s ills, some atheist writers today are realising the incredible benefits which Christian…
if there is one thing I want Muslims and Christians to talk about well, to understand each other about, to listen well and have a productive conversation about: it’s Jesus!
Why do any human lives have value? How can we find a basis for a person’s worth, significance, and dignity—a basis that transcends their class, gender, race, or creed? In this timely Short Answers video, Dr. Andy Bannister shows how…
If God exists, why isn’t it more obvious? In this Short Answers film, Solas speaker Gareth Black explores this common question, inviting us to consider what we have done with the evidence for God that might be available, and why…
This is an astounding book, not only for its scope – cultural, political, social, intellectual, historical – and its originality, but for its masterly writing. Holland has a knack for the colourful twist. Writing of the summer of love, 1967, he notes: “Preachers, seen through the marijuana haze of a squat in San Francisco, had the look of bigots. Where was the love in short-haired men jabbing their fingers and going puce?”
In a culture whose highest values are often autonomy and liberal democracy, the bible’s many ethical commands – especially Old Testament laws on things like food and clothing – can seem both arbitrary and oppressive. In this Short Answers video,…
Many people think that Jesus of Nazareth was just a good man, a wise teacher of morals, or even a prophet. But Christians go further, claiming he was God’s own son, stepping into space and time to show us what…
“Every religion teaches that God is love?” We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve heard this — it seems to be a common assumption. But is it true? Solas Director Andy Bannister draws on his years of experience with…
