Bryan Life 28:2

WINTER 2001 Beyond Blasphemy Baseball’s Back Homecoming Highlights MemoryMemory andand HonorHonor GiftsGifts Volume 28, Number 2 Given By - Jane Fox In Memory Of - Her parents, John & Kathryn Schrey Given By - Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Craig In Memory Of - Marian E. Hoffman Given By - Mrs. Betty Klamm, Karri Astle, Lyla Klamm, Larry, Renae & Valerie Gates, Bob And Twila Uhler & Given By - Mr. John A. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Family, Lyle and Sue Klamm, Max Klamm, Jerry, Kristin Harper, The Brand Banking Company, Frederick and & Jennifer Ramshaw, U. S. Trust, Elinor Klamm, West Sandra Webb, Jan H. Overton, Mrs. Hope Calhoun, Enfield Baptist Church, Mrs. Jane Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Billie R. Koch, Jim and Nancy Siler, Lige K. Sims, James Ricker, Mrs. Jacklyn Clements, Steve, Pam, Susan Upshaw, Jenn Grigg Fletcher Zanne, Craig, Louisa & Molly Hassenfelt, Mr. In Memory Of - Harold P. Gann Sr. and Mrs. A. L. 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Trotter Given By - Mr. and Mrs. Steven Prettyman 7000. Periodicals class postage paid In Memory Of - Fenmore Trotter In Honor Of - Mr. Fred & Dr. Mayme Bedford at Dayton, Tennessee, and at addi- Given By - Mrs. Tennga Conner Given By - Mr. and Mrs. George Vogel tional mailing offices. In Memory Of - Lucy D. Sullivan and Honor Memory In Honor Of - Elizabeth Jane Cornwell Postmasters: Send Form 3579 to Bryan Life, P.O. Box 7000, Dayton, On the Cover – Tennessee 37321-7000. The events of Sept. 11 shocked the United States as perhaps nothing has done since Pearl Harbor. But destruction of the World Trade Center towers is not the only act of evil perpetrated in the past hun- Printed in U.S.A. dred years. Images shown represent individuals and groups affected by horrors of the past century. Beyond Blasphemy, BlasphemyBeyond Prayer Albert Camus’ classic novel, The Plague, is a metaphor for our world of suffering. Published just after the Second World War, Camus’ story describes the tragic city of Oran, quaran- tined from the rest of the world because of the bubonic plague. Once a city of excess and indulgence, Oran becomes defined by death and the residents struggle to respond to their suffering. The narrator, Dr. Bernard Riuex, takes a scientific and detached view of the horrors surrounding him. He acknowledges, however, that the reality of suffering draws people together. Regardless of religious beliefs or personal convictions, suffering is "beyond blasphemy, beyond prayer" in the way it unites people to weep, to work and to fight against terror. William E. Brown Every worldview and religion is forced to deal with the issue of suffering. It cuts to the heart of our fragile existence. When we see news reports of a destructive hurricane in India and a famine in Kenya, we all weep. The agonized faces of children grip the heart of every parent. The helplessness of the injured and grieving motivate us to give, pray and work. We don’t ask questions about political beliefs, religious affiliation or ethnic background. We are bound together by a bond stronger than social agendas. It is the bond of humanity and the suffering that marks us as a fallen people. Suffering unites us all. It is the one experience that pulls at the soul of every person and dynamites the walls that divide us. We all meet and cry together at the smoldering ruins, the hospital, the funeral home. Since September 11, the unity we as a nation experience defies analysis. For some it is the result of facing a single enemy, for others it is the force of a common from Making Sense of Your World, The Problem of Evil by W. Gary Phillips and William E. Brown The problem of evil is the shadow that falls across the biblical teach- This is logically coherent and is precisely what the Bible claims. ing about God’s character. Why does an all-good and all-powerful God Although we do not yet have enough data to answer why each individ- allow evil in His creation. How do we reconcile the pain in the world, ual act of suffering takes place, we have a reasonable perspective within and the pain in our own lives, with the character of the God we see in which to deal with our pain. Is our biblical worldview large enough to the Bible? trust God with our remaining uncertainties? By "evil" we mean both moral evil and natural evil. The term moral Those who belong to Jesus have been told to anticipate that they will evil refers to the evil choices made by free human agents. Natural evil follow their Lord in suffering (John 15:20-27; Rom. 8:17), realizing that does not involve human willing or acting, nor does it necessarily reflect Jesus has overcome the world (John 16:33). Therefore, we can take com- any observable, intelligent purpose. fort in the fact "that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed in us" (Rom. 8:18). A View of the Future: The Factor of Time From a biblical worldview, the ultimate apologetic for the problem of The component of time is crucial to a biblical worldview of evil evil is God’s action (through Christ) in becoming (Rom.

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