Professor John Lennox on the problem of Suffering and Evil

This video of Professor John Lennox (Oxford) talking about the arguments for God's goodness - both intellectual and emotional - comes from the Centre for Public Christianity, an organisation based in Sydney. They have lots of other resources discussing the foundations of Christian belief:

A good God? from CPX on Vimeo.

Check out more about Professor Lennox and more of what he says here: http://www.publicchristianity.com/lennoxvids.html

Is God Really Good?

In week 5 of Semester 1, 2010, CBM at UWS Bankstown will be running a series of talks on the topic: "IS GOD REALLY GOOD?" We would love you to comment or respond to the idea. If it is appropriate then we will ask our speaker to respond to your questions or comments. We will also try to answer questions on this blog.

Christians have always maintained that God, the God of the Bible and of Jesus, is good. But what does this mean? Is it simply a philosophical argument ie. That "whatever God does is by definition good", or is there more to it than that. What does it mean to say that God is 'good" in his essence? And what about the bad or evil things that take place in the world - what do they say about God's essential goodness?

What do you think - is God really good? Why or Why not?

Welcome to "God Talk at UWS"

I would like to welcome you to the blog that has been set up to facilitate the discussion about God and religion generally at UWS (The University of Western Sydney in NSW, Australia).

This discussion will be run by Campus Bible Ministries, a student group that runs on all the campuses of UWS. (The website can be found at mycbm.org.au.) However the discussion is open to anyone who wants to ask a question or make a comment. As long as you are reasonably polite in the way you write we will allow your post to stand and do our best to provide a reply.

We hope that this blog helps you in your quest to find out more about God.

Richard