Randy Alcorn's Blog: Suffering and Evil

God’s Redemptive Purposes for Evil and Suffering

video September 21, 2009

The stronger our concept of God and Heaven, the more we understand how Heaven resolves the problem of evil and suffering. The weaker our concept of God and Heaven, the stronger our doubt that Heaven will more than compensate for our present sufferings.

What Is the Problem of Goodness?

video September 18, 2009

While atheists routinely speak of the problem of evil, they usually don’t raise the problem of goodness. But if evil provides evidence against God, then shouldn’t goodness count as evidence for him? And wouldn’t that be evidence against atheism?

Why Does God Allow Evil and Suffering?

video September 9, 2009

In my life, I’d already seen enough evil and suffering to feel deeply troubled by it. What I needed was to find perspective on what troubled me. In this process of writing If God Is Good, I’ve taken most pleasure in focusing closely on God, exploring his attributes of goodness, love, holiness, justice, patience, grace and mercy.

Is There a Purpose for Evil and Suffering We Overlook?

article September 2, 2009

Our inability to understand all God’s purposes in evil and suffering should not surprise us.

Why Did You Write a Book About Evil and Suffering?

video August 26, 2009

I wrote If God Is Good because the question of suffering and evil is the most commonly raised and perplexing problem there is. It’s unusual to have serious prolonged interactions about believing in God, with either believers or unbelievers, without them raising it.

If God Is Good...What Is This Book About?

video August 24, 2009

My new book If God Is Good addresses what is arguably the greatest issue in human history: the problem of evil and suffering.

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