Seeing Good, Doing Evil

“Michael’s first book is a much-needed addition to the resource kit for modern apologetic cultural engagement. He blends clear exegesis, historical theology, and contemporary application with profound insight. It will be a wonderful blessing for all who seek to proclaim ‘Christ crucified’ to a world that has no hope.”


—Geoff Lin, SA/NT Regional Director, Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students





“Michael Russell’s book is a valuable resource for any thoughtful Christian believer seeking to engage in apologetics and evangelism. By clear and careful argumentation, and drawing on a variety of disciplines, Russell demonstrates the plausibility of the view that all humans are morally accountable to God, in a way that both upholds the integrity of the Christian Scriptures and respects the empirical testimony of those with whom we are seeking to engage.”


—Lionel J. Windsor, New Testament Lecturer, Moore College, Sydney, Australia





“Straddling the disciplines of apologetics, Pauline exegesis, ethics, systematic and practical theology, Russell effectively argues that God’s moral truth ‘presses in’ upon us all. Object Relations theory supplies an effective device to explain how this can be and at the same time be beyond the capacity of the non-believer to articulate. This work brings a fresh defense of a form of intuitionism through which both moral culpability and imprecise knowing of God’s law have their place.”


—Jeffrey Pugh, former Postgraduate Dean and Research Director, Melbourne School of Theology





“Seeing Good, Doing Evil is as impressive as it is valuable. Michael Russell’s integrated, multi-disciplinary study gives fresh attention to one of the great conundrums of Christian theology—the moral culpability of finite human beings before a fully sovereign God—and arrives at a compelling new solution. While primarily a work on practical ethics and apologetics, Russell also makes contributions in New Testament exegesis, Pauline scholarship, and theological anthropology, yet does so while remaining well-grounded on the realities of human experience and practical Christian ministry. Building a healthy case for intuitionism and being unashamed in its recourse to Scripture, Seeing Good, Doing Evil is a most welcome resource for honest, thinking, active Christian believers.”


—Tim Patrick, Principal, Bible College SA