PART 1: THE BIG PICTURE… (QUESTIONS FOR GOD)

The first question most thoughtful people are going to ask God: why is the world in such a mess?

If, as the ancient wisdom puts it, God is all-powerful, he could do whatever he wished; if God is all-loving, he would want all his creatures to be happy. But his creatures aren’t (always) happy – so God lacks either love or power or both.

See http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/33600.htm 

Also my summary - http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/1174.htm

More on this - https://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=Google%20search#q=God+lacks+either+love+or+power+or+both.&rls=gm
~~

INTERPRETERS: 

UPDIKE

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/jonathan-franzen-wrong-modern-world?CMP=ema_632&et_cid=49019&et_rid=7486872&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fbooks%2f2013%2fsep%2f13%2fjonathan-franzen-wrong-modern-world

~~

C S LEWIS CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS

In both his arguments from morality and desire, Lewis appeals to the capacity of Christianity to "fit in" what we observe and experience. This approach is integral to Lewis's approach to apologetics, precisely because Lewis himself found it so persuasive and helpful a tool for making sense of things. The Christian faith provides a map that is found to fit in well with what we observe around us and experience within us. Perhaps this is approach is expressed most succinctly in a wartime talk Lewis gave to the Socratic Club in Oxford: "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen - not just because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else."

Alister McGrath