Category: Elder’s Blog

Can God suffer? The question sounds simple. The answer is one of the most contested in all of Christian theology — and how you answer it shapes everything from how you read the Psalms to how you understand the cross. The classical tradition said God cannot suffer — He is impassible, beyond the...

If God knew before you were born exactly what you would choose today, did you ever really have a choice? This question has unsettled philosophers and theologians for centuries — and it deserves an honest answer, not a pat dismissal. The problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom cuts to...

When theologians say God is "simple," they don't mean God is easy to understand. They mean God doesn't have parts. He isn't assembled from pieces the way a watch is assembled from gears. His love isn't one component bolted onto His holiness. His justice isn't in tension with His mercy. God is one...