20: Responding to Questions: Evil and Suffering

Finding God at Work · Apr 3, 2025 · 15m · transcript

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…