• Evil,  Providence,  Rape,  Richard Mourdock,  Will of God

    What Does God Want?

    What do Christians mean when we talk about the will of God? On the one hand we talk as if God has control of all things, he wills all things. On the other hand we talk about things being against God’s will, what we call evil. This sounds like an inconsistency, if not a contradiction. Perhaps we say these things without really thinking about it. It might be okay if there was nothing wrong with the world, no evil, but, as it is, it appears that God doesn’t get what he wants. How can God both will evil and yet not want evil? Recently, Senate Candidate, Richard Mourdock, raised the…