Status Updates From The City of God

“The Heavenly City outshines Rome, beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.”

Lord, point me to whatever brick wall you want me to run through😤

Augustine’s work on the nature of evil is foundational but seems hidden in modern day evangelicalism. Growing up Pentecostal, Evil was so emphasized within spiritual warfare that it has been hard for me to reconcile it with a good creator. While Augustine addresses the demonic, his evil has no “positive substance” but is the absence and corruption of all that is good, preserving God’s goodness in creation.