Suffering
Does the problem of suffering deal a fatal blow to the idea of a good, all-powerful God?
The Biggest Question: 4. The Suffering of Children
Part 4 of a video series examining why God allows suffering looks at "the hardest question", the suffering of children.
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…
Evil and the God Who Knows
The earthquake in Pakistan, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastating hurricane in the gulf coast of United States, babies dying of…
"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…
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.
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…
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…
How can I make sense of all the suffering?
In a world where we see so much suffering, what reasons are there for hope?