The One Big Question: the God of love in a world of suffering
"For as long as I can remember, suffering has been the major block to belief," says Bishop Michael Baughen. He speaks here about his new…
What Kind of God Doesn't Prevent Suffering?
Michael Ots asks three questions about suffering: 1. Why is there suffering? 2. What, if anything, has God done about it? 3. What will…
Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?
Four part video series on the problem of suffering.
The Biggest Question: 3. Personal Responses to Suffering
Part 3 of a video series examining why God allows suffering describes some personal responses to suffering.
How could a loving God possibly allow so much suffering?
Examining the problem of suffering first as an intellectual question and then as an emotional and visceral issue.
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…
Sermons on Job
A series of sermons by Rev Melvin Tinker considering what we can learn about suffering from the book of Job.
"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…