Resurrection University Resources

Sometimes, even on Wednesday nights, we don’t have time to cover all of the topics that may come up. This page has been made to help address topics and ideas that perhaps need further discussion or are difficult to fully address in a single lesson or Q/A session.

Scenario 3: The question Posed as a Sincere Inquiry About the Fate of the Unevangelized

In his book, Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did, Randy Newman does an excellent job addressing the rather difficult issue of what we are to do with those in the “unreached” or even “unreachable” parts of the world. Are those in the unreached places to be condemned within the parameters of a Gospel they have never heard? Via a simulated conversation, Newman presents a compelling argument for a Christian response to this issue.

The Role of Suffering in Holiness

Every worldview is challenged with answering the question of suffering. However, regardless of its inescapable difficulty, the Christian worldview presents profound and comprehensive answers to suffering – an issue unresolved and simplified in the inconsistent and reductionist methods found in other worldviews. The solution is centralized in the centerpiece of the Christian confession: the suffering of Jesus Christ. The goal of this theological query will be to use the suffering of Christ as a lense by which suffering moves beyond evil and into a refining agent for holiness