How Can God Allow Suffering?
The existence of evil and suffering in the world is perhaps the most common objection to belief in God. If God is both good and…
Taking your Suffering to God
Dr John Dickson considers the approach to the problem of pain adopted by a number of different worldviews. Although the Bible does not…
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?
Answering Questions About Suffering
Helpful pointers for answering questions about the harsh reality of suffering.
"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…
Why Natural Disasters?
2011 Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan... 2011 Earthquakes in New Zealand... 2011 Flooding in Queensland, Australia... 2010 Earthquake in…
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…
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…
Sermons on Job
A series of sermons by Rev Melvin Tinker considering what we can learn about suffering from the book of Job.