Human Nature, Suffering, and Redemption
1) The Christian worldview provides an explanation for human nature and the story of the creation and fall (Gen. 1-3). A great deal of the suffering that people experience and much of man’s inhumanity to man are explained by this description of the fall of human nature. Is this characterization of human nature accurate? Why or why not? If not, what is an alternative explanation?
2) How does the fall relate to tragedies like 9/11, disasters such as the Tsunami of 2004 (an earthquake caused a tsunami that killed over 225,000 people), and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020? Based on the topic Resources, how would you explain how a good, loving, and all-powerful God allows suffering and evil in his creation? Explain how your reaction to evil events has caused you to reassess your worldview.
3) According to the Bible and the Christian worldview, Jesus was fully God and fully human. Interacting with the readings, especially Philippians 2:5-11 and Hebrews 1:1-3, explain why this teaching of Jesus’s full divinity and full humanity is important to Christianity.
4) Read the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) and answer the following questions:
What do you believe is the main theme Jesus is communicating? Human Nature, Suffering, and Redemption
The Christian worldview describes human nature as created good but corrupted by sin through the fall (Genesis 1–3). This framework explains why humanity shows both capacity for love and creativity as well as selfishness, violence, and injustice. I believe this characterization is accurate because it reflects the tension within human experience—our longing for goodness but constant struggle with moral failure. Alternative explanations, such as human behavior being purely shaped by social or evolutionary pressures, overlook the deeper spiritual and moral brokenness that transcends culture and time. The Christian perspective provides a holistic view that accounts for both dignity (being made in God’s image) and depravity (through sin).
Explain the three principal characters. Who do you identify with the most, and why? Human Nature, Suffering, and Redemption
Is this characterization of human nature accurate?, How does the fall relate to tragedies and disasters?, Why is Jesus’s divinity and humanity important?, What is the main theme of the Prodigal Son?, Who do you identify with most in the parable?
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