If God is good and all-powerful, why is there so much evil and suffering in the world? It is one of the oldest questions people ask, and one of the most painful. The Bible does not dodge it. Job, the Psalms and the prophets all ask God "How long?" and "Why?" ( Habakkuk 1:2–3 ). These ten stories about doubt and the problem of evil, retold in our own words, include a philosopher's fury at an earthquake, a message scratched on a cellar wall, a convent in Rwanda, a refugee's bitter joke and a few lighter illustrations about how we know what we believe. They do not tie everything up neatly, but each ends with a takeaway for honest preaching and discussion. Stories in this collection: "The Best of All Possible Worlds?": Voltaire and the Lisbon Earthquake "I Believe in God Even When He Is Silent" When a Sanctuary Became a Slaughterhouse "God Has Gone Fishing" "God, Why Don't You Do Something?" "Is God Punishing Us?...
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