How can God be good when there is so much evil and suffering in the world?

This question is in some ways the most profound challenge to Christian faith.

Everyone who asks that question is asking it at two different levels.

One is the intellectual level: Is there any way to make moral sense of this world?

The other is the personal level. Every human being has known pain in some way.

How can we respond to this question thoughtfully?

Sources: James 1:2-4 (ESV)

“Stephen Fry on God | The Meaning Of Life | RTÉ One,” RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA, January 28, 2015. Stan Jones, “When Suffering, Find Empathy in the Cross,” Preaching Today, August 2017. Don Everts and Doug Schaupp, I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008). 

Friendship Evangelism: The 5 Thresholds toward Faith, InterVarsity Evangelism, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.

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