Mark R. Talbot
Mark Talbot is Associate Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. He is currently writing a four-volume series on Suffering and the Christian Life, with the first two volumes already published: When the Stars Disappear: Help and Hope from Stories of Suffering in Scripture and Give Me Understanding That I May Live: Situating Our Suffering within God’s Redemptive Plan.
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“Christianity Is Not Credible”
Suppose someone declares, “Christianity is not credible.” What do they mean and how should we respond to that claim? They probably mean that Christianity isn’t worthy of belief. They know there are lots of Christians, but their point is that there shouldn’t be because Christianity isn’t worthy of belief.
Viewing the Christian Story through the Lens of Our Suffering
Suffering disrupts our lives, seeming to violate the way life should be.
What the Apostle Paul Teaches Us About Suffering
In Acts, Luke records an event in the apostle Paul’s life that helps us understand our experiences of profound suffering. When God called Paul from being the church’s persecutor to be a gospel preacher, the Lord showed him…
“God’s Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards” by John Piper
When I was a young scholar, I was given some excellent advice. “Choose one or two great thinkers,” I was told, “and make them your specialties. Live with them, reading them regularly, and you will become a better thinker for it.” I chose Augustine and Jonathan Edwards, and I have no regrets. No matter who […]
God’s Vocation, Our Vocation
The Scriptures declare that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 4:16) and that he is “kind toward all he has made” (Ps. 145:17). But is this all that needs to be said about God and his posture towards creation? Recently, some evangelicals have been trying to revise some long-standing Christian convictions about God’s nature and […]
