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August 2026

August 05, 2026

Where Should God Draw the Line on Allowing Suffering?

Job's Wife, Heaven, and the Search for a World Without Evil Recently, guest contributor Peter...

August 03, 2026

If God Is Good, Why Evil? A Composer and His Score

A Christian Theodicy: The Music of Creation Guest writer: Pilgrim. This is the second of...

July 2026

July 31, 2026

A Christian Theodicy: The Wound and the Crown

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Preface This is the first of two essays that are not an...

July 26, 2026

The Cosmic Jury: Part II – Cross-Examining the Architect

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Preface This is the second of two essays that are not an...

March 2026

March 25, 2026

Non Serviam: The Mystery of the First Refusal

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n (Satan, Milton's Paradise Lost)...

February 2026

February 09, 2026

God Is God, You Are Not

Who Am I to Judge (God)? Many today treat a non-judgmental attitude as a virtue....

May 2025

May 17, 2025

The Blackbird’s Song of Hope to a Suffering World

Guest author: Pilgrim Introduction Of late I’ve been contemplating more and more the tension...

March 2024

March 04, 2024

Why Does an All-Loving God Tolerate So Much Suffering?

Recently, I wrote about the Super Bowl ad “He Gets Us.” In the comments section,...

October 2023

October 30, 2023

JRR Tolkien, Middle Earth, and the Problem of Evil

JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings (LOTR), lived and died a devout...

December 2022

December 10, 2022

TLR Looks Back at 2022 Reader Comments (Part 2) Martin Luther, the Problem of Evil, Tolkien, and Women’s Existence

If you take time out of your busy day to read by blog—thank you! I...