God's Problem by Bart Ehrman continues on the apocalyptic path with the chapter 8: More Apocalyptic Views. My agreement with Bart actually increase here:
1. No one is safe from natural disaster -- duh.
2. The significance of the resurrection hangs on an apocalyptic view of the future -- there is no need for a resurrection if everything is going to be alright anyway -- the resurrection is part of the end time events.
3. Paul did use his suffering as a mark of his apostleship and this is significant in the discussion of suffering.
4. We forget as Christians that the book of Revelation was written for its own time -- a factor that is very rarely considered in modern interpretation.
5. His view of Revelation is as good as anyone else's although it is probably just as wrong as everyone else's.
6. The Apocalyptic view of resolving the problem of evil takes the problem of evil seriously.
7. End Times theories have been proven wrong time after time and no one has been right yet -- the list is long here and we Christian do not learn from this fact.
Next: Disagreements with Chapter Eight.
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