The Grand Demonstration: A Biblical Study of the So-Called Problem of Evil
Overview
Why is there sin, rape, disease, war, pain and death in a good God’s World? Every Christian asks, but rarely receives a satisfactory answer. The Grand Demonstration penetrates deeply into scriptural teaching regarding the nature of God and His purposes in the world He created. Moving into territory others fear to tread, Jay Adams maintains that a fearless acceptance of biblical truth solves the so-called problem of evil.
- Explores the existence of evil
- Examines the Scriptural teaching regarding the nature of God
- Addresses common questions and concerns
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Problem of Evil
- The Grand Demonstration
- Who Is the Audience?
- Is God Fair?
- Does God Fulfill His Will?
- Is Man Free?
- Election and You
- The Gospel of the Grand Demonstration
- Of Men and Angels
- The Riches of His Glory
- Destruction, Power, and Wrath
- Conclusion
Top Highlights
“It should be put this way: when God has given an unmistakably clear and sufficient reply to such questions, why do theologians persist in saying that He has not?” (Page 15)
“When you see that you are dependent, not self-determined, then—and then alone—can you appreciate Who God is and who you are. God is the Creator of all things Who made you for His pleasure; He does not exist to please you. He is not some cosmic vending machine that will give you whatever you want when you insert the proper prayer coins. You were made to glorify Him either as a vessel of mercy or as a vessel of wrath. It is not incumbent upon God to glorify you. That He has chosen to save you, Christian, should not merely please you; it should astonish you.” (Pages 49–50)
“He was a God Who didn’t know what He was doing when He created the universe (Process Theology)” (Page 17)
“It is a relationship between creature and Creator.” (Page 51)
- Title: The Grand Demonstration: A Biblical Study of the So-Called Problem of Evil
- Author: Jay E. Adams
- Publisher: EastGate Publishers
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 119
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Good and evil; Free will and determinism; Election (Theology); God › Wrath
- ISBNs: 0941717062, 9780941717069
- Resource ID: LLS:GRNDDMNSTRTN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:22:26Z
Jay E. Adams A.B., B.D., S.T.M., Ph.D. (1929-2020) served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). He was the author of over 100 books including the best seller Competent to Counsel which launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was the recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.