How Can God Allow Suffering?
The existence of evil and suffering in the world is perhaps the most common objection to belief in God. If God is both good and…
Taking your Suffering to God
Dr John Dickson considers the approach to the problem of pain adopted by a number of different worldviews. Although the Bible does not…
God on Trial
Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…
Transformational Suffering and The Karate Kid
How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…
Why Natural Disasters?
2011 Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan... 2011 Earthquakes in New Zealand... 2011 Flooding in Queensland, Australia... 2010 Earthquake in…
The Tsunami: if God’s so good … why?
2004 was a grim year; innocent tribes-people ruthlessly attacked in western Sudan; hundreds of children brutally murdered in Beslan; Iraq…
The Biggest Question: 3. Personal Responses to Suffering
Part 3 of a video series examining why God allows suffering describes some personal responses to suffering.
The One Big Question: the God of love in a world of suffering
"For as long as I can remember, suffering has been the major block to belief," says Bishop Michael Baughen. He speaks here about his new…
Why does God allow evil to exist?
Why is there evil in the world if there is a God? Why isn’t he doing something about it?