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The Problem According to monotheism, God is both omnipotent (having unlimited power) and perfectly good. But when we look around at the world we live in, we can see much evil. This creates a problem regarding the reasonableness of monotheism, a problem typically referred to as “the problem of evil.” The problem of evil can … Read more
Does God love us? Does God care about us? Where is God? Has He abandoned us? Why doesn’t He do something to help us? These are questions that believers in God who experience deep suffering have been asking for centuries. For example, the biblical book of Psalms contains many psalms written by ancient Israelites that … Read more
In the first part of this series, I addressed the question of how evil could come to exist at all within the creation of a good, omnipotent God, pointing to the Christian doctrine of the Fall as an answer. In the second part of this series, I addressed the question of how we can believe … Read more
In the first three parts of this series, I presented a Christian theological framework for making sense of the problem of evil. First, God did not create evil; evil exists as a result of the free human choice to rebel against God at the Fall. Second, on the cross, God Himself was willing to humble … Read more