It's easy. It tastes alright, but it doesn't really provide you any nourishment.

Sometimes it's easier to have bad theology.

Recently, I was in a theological discussion with my oldest daughter, addressing her inquiry into why God doesn't save everybody.

I explained that in God's perfect plan He can do everything He wants to do, so He does (Ps 115:3; Job 42:2). But He has decided to do somethings for some people that He doesn't do for everyone. We didn't have time to get into common vs. special grace or whatnot, and I knew she felt the tension between our perceptions of what it means that God is good and our perceptions of what it means that God is all powerful.

There's a tension there that I think is biblical, but isn't easy for a 9 year old to comprehend.

It's akin to what Tommy Nelson said,

"If God is sovereign, He is powerful enough to eliminate evil. If He is good, He would. Since evil clearly exists, God must not be sovereign or He must not be good."

It must be nice to be among those who think God has done all He can or is doing all He can, but is limited.

Sometimes it's easier to have bad theology.

Like today in the backyard with my youngest playing with our dog, Rocky. She saw a cross and said, "Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins."

I said, "That's right. And then what happened?"

She said, "Then Jesus rose again. Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins and Jesus died for Rocky too."

At this point I'm thinking, "How nice it would be to be able to say, 'Of course, honey, Jesus died so Rocky could go to heaven' or say, "If Rocky believes in Jesus then he will be saved.'"

It probably wouldn't have hurt anything for our dog to undergo perpetual evangelism attempts, but I decided instead to explain to her the difference between humans being created in the image of God dogs just being ... well ... uh ... dogs.

I'm not sure she got all that, but I definitely found myself thinking, sometimes it's easier to have bad theology.