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.
Engage with the debate about whether the suffering in the world shows that a loving God cannot exist. What can we say concerning natural evil such as tsunamis and earthquakes? Why doesn't God prevent people from doing evil things? Are there any possible reasons that such a God might allow suffering to continue?
Examining the problem of suffering first as an intellectual question and then as an emotional and visceral issue.
Why is there evil in the world if there is a God? Why isn’t he doing something about it?
2004 was a grim year; innocent tribes-people ruthlessly attacked in western Sudan; hundreds of children brutally murdered in Beslan; Iraq…
Part 2 of a video series examining why God allows suffering suggests possible answers that can be offered.
Part 4 of a video series examining why God allows suffering looks at "the hardest question", the suffering of children.
Part 1 of a video series examining why God allows suffering gives the personal stories of the contributors.
Part 3 of a video series examining why God allows suffering describes some personal responses to 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…
This is the first of two talks given by Andrew Wilson at Grace Church, Chichester. He uses five stories from the Bible to illustrate his…