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The Advent of Time

by Indignus Servus
Ex-Voto Publishing, © 2024,
$12.99 (paperback), 160 pages, ISBN 978-0-9864106-7-3
Available from Thriftbooks.com

Indignus Servus is a lawyer who has written several books addressing major theological questions, including why evil exists and whether the problem of evil conflicts with biblical descriptions of God and his nature. The book's subtitle is “A Solution to the Problem of Evil Based on the Prerequisites of Love & an Analysis of Timeless Being.”

Servus challenges the reader to understand God as a being outside of time. Perhaps the greatest weakness in the book is its heavy reliance on the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. This is not an issue, however, because the points he makes do not depend on Catholic doctrine. There are many quotations from the Catechism of the Catholic church, but they are not rooted in doctrinal material.

The book is divided into three sections, with the first discussing the problem in light of God as all-powerful, all-loving, all-just, and all-wise. If this is true, the question becomes: why does not God stop the pain and suffering on Earth? After discussing that subject in 26 pages, the remainder of the book seeks to answer that challenge.

The second section deals with creation, the fall, and how a timeless being resolves the question raised in the first section. Servus addresses the beginning, love and justice, what it means to imitate Jesus, salvation and separation, and the role of faith. The book leans heavily on the Bible and is factual, respecting the context of the passages quoted.

We recommend this book highly. It will challenge your thinking and help you understand how the Bible fits into the reality of the problems we all face.

— Reviewed by John N. Clayton