Essays on God

Within this essay, I’ll be exploring the problem of horrendous evil, which, as explained by H.J. McCloskey, ‘is a problem, for the theist, in that a contradiction is involved in the fact of evil on the one hand and belief in the omnipotence and perfection…

Yanluo, King of Hell is a glazed stoneware sculpture that engraves the god of death and the sovereign of the underworld, and this muscular figure with clenched fists and hair rising in anger. Chinese artist master Ma made this powerful sculpture in 1523, Ming dynasty…

A picture is worth a thousand words, an adage used to describe meaningful images that convey a message better than a description could. The story of David and Goliath is from the Old Testament verse 1 Samuel 17. It is an underdog story filled with…

Introduction Saint Augustine’s belief that God is not the cause of evil is a claim that I am unable to completely agree with. This is simply because St. Augustine leaves the answer to what is the cause of evil, if not God, open-ended. Augustine strongly…

Introduction Saint Augustine also known as Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of greatest Christian philosopher of Antiquity. Most of his opinion base on sin, grace, freedom and sexuality on Western culture. He is a true lover of God. 1000s upon 1000s of pages have…

Introduction Saint Augustine was born on November 13, 354 CE. As a child he grew up in Roman North Africa, now as an adult he lives in eastern Algeria, where he’s peaking Latin, both at home, and in school as well. Augustine’s father Patricius used…

Be Just The Person You Are It is often asked why a person would choose to do something or not do it, or why do they behave the way they do in certain situations. We are created by our divine maker to be just the…

Introduction Religion in relation to the world tends to raise many questions especially in its controversial teachings of how the world works in contrast with the existence of science. In Christianity, we have something resembling that of an omnipotent and benevolent deity that the bible…

The corruption of sin occurs internally and is then expressed by our external actions. (The embodiment of sin had utilized manipulation and justification, nor acts of violence, to deceive Eve into eating the forbidden fruit and committing the first act of sin.) Sin separates us…

It is very common for most believers to complain of how messy things are in their lives. Well, no one likes to be in a messy situation, but many times, we find ourselves in such a state. I won’t pretend that some of those situations…