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.
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…
"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…
Exploring The Shack
This resource provides extracts from Dr Paul Coulter's extensive study of The Shack.
If God exists, then why doesn't He just stop evil?
Drawing on her own family's experiences, Sharon Dirckx explores why God seems not to act when there is so much suffering in the world.
"How can I believe in God when there's so much suffering?"
How do you expect me to believe in God, asked Woody Allen, 'when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of my electric…
"Why does God allow suffering?"
If a loving and powerful God really exists, why doesn’t He do something about all the evil in the world? This is a tough question…
Suffering
Does the problem of suffering deal a fatal blow to the idea of a good, all-powerful God?