Suffering
Does the problem of suffering deal a fatal blow to the idea of a good, all-powerful God?
Sermons on Job
A series of sermons by Rev Melvin Tinker considering what we can learn about suffering from the book of Job.
Why does God allow evil to exist?
Why is there evil in the world if there is a God? Why isn’t he doing something about it?
The Tsunami: if God’s so good … why?
2004 was a grim year; innocent tribes-people ruthlessly attacked in western Sudan; hundreds of children brutally murdered in Beslan; Iraq…
"God can’t possibly exist given the evil in the world!"
“Can God exist?” We often ask this question as we look at the suffering and pain around us, and the question that is really on…
Further links: How can God allow suffering?
Links to further resources to follow up on the bethinking booklet which asks 'How can God allow suffering?'
Transformational Suffering and The Karate Kid
How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…
God on Trial
Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…
Bosnia, Rape and the Problem of Evil
Greg Koukl responds to a letter to the editor of the L.A. Times in which the writer's pain causes him to ask the age-old question of why…