Wages of (Social) Sin

With the recent verdict in the George Floyd case, and the British government report on race, it seems appropriate to share some thoughts on the different levels of sin, and and their social aspects. In evangelicalism especially, we concentrate on the individual and neglect the collective effects of sin. Since this is a blog, my account will necessarily be sketchy and brief. 

Covid and the Problem of Evil

Covid-19 presents us again with the ‘problem of evil’: why does God permit evil? For some this question leads away from faith, into atheism. It’s a quandary which John Lennox, our best British apologist attempts to answer in his book, Where is God in a Coronoavirus world?

My own feeling is that there is no need for the existence of evil, or suffering, to undermine faith. It’s been said that hanging onto belief, faced with indescribable evil, is an emotional response, holding onto a crutch because one cannot face the meaninglessness of the universe. But the rejection of faith is also an emotional response, not a logically necessary one.