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…
Stephen Fry and God
Ian Paul responds to Stephen Fry's comments on what he would say to God.
Evil and God: Reflections of a Former Atheist
The existence of evil seems to challenge the idea of an all-powerful God of love. Here is one person's account of grappling with this…
The Problem of Evil
'Epicurus's old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not…
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.
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…
Exploring The Shack
This resource provides extracts from Dr Paul Coulter's extensive study of The Shack.
Why Suffering?
Every day as you read the newspapers you are flooded and bombarded by a world that is imbued with suffering and pain. Why all this…