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How Does Secondary Evil Help Us Acknowledge Primary Evil?

By Randy Alcorn

October 11, 2010

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How does secondary evil help us acknowledge primary evil?

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixty books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

Topics

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.

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.

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.