We should notice that the alternatives to saying that God uses evil for His purposes, but that He never does evil and is not to be blamed for it, are not desirable ones. If we were to say that God Himself does evil, we would have to conclude that He is not a good and righteous God, and therefore that He is not really God at all. On the other hand, if we maintain that God does not use evil to fulfill His purposes, then we would have to admit that there is evil in the universe that God did not intend, is not under His control, and might not fulfill His purposes… Surely this (too) is an undesirable alternative position.
— Wayne Grudem (b. 1948), Theologe und Autor
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe und Autor, der über Jahrzehnte als Professor an der Trinity Evangelical Divinity School und am Phoenix Seminary lehrte. Er prägte massgeblich das komplementaristische Rollenverständnis von Mann und Frau, verband reformierte Dogmatik mit einer Offenheit für Geistesgaben und stiess mit seiner Trinitätslehre auf theologische Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem als Verfasser eines weltweit genutzten, praxisorientierten Lehrbuchs der systematischen Theologie sowie als Herausgeber der ESV Study Bible.
All quotes by Wayne Grudem (38)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer