Perspectives on Creation and Suffering from Romans 8

By Randy Alcorn

September 24, 2013

Randy discusses what Scripture teaches in Romans 8 about the suffering of creation as we wait for ultimate freedom from bondage, in an interview with pastor Greg Laurie at Harvest Church in Riverside, CA, November 2011.

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of fifty-some books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

Topics

Suffering and Evil

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.

Understanding Suffering

article July 8, 2010

Randy Alcorn’s If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (Multnomah, 2009) responds to the atheistic claim that the existence of evil negates Christian proclamation of God’s total sovereignty plus total goodness: If He’s really in charge, He’s a sadist.