Evil

Theology Proper (God)

Could God have created a world without evil and still given humanity genuine freedom?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 3, 2026

Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 2065 Could God have created a world where genuine human freedom existed but evil never entered? The question is one of the most serious in all of theology, and it deserves more than a quick answer. It touches on the nature of freedom itself, on why God chose to create at all, and on…

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Theology Proper (God)

Does God control or merely permit evil?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 2, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 2006 The existence of evil is, in its most honest form, an uncomfortable subject for theology. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good, why is there evil at all? Any answer that diminishes God’s power or His goodness in order to resolve the problem has paid too high a price. But the way…

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