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Response to the Problem of Suffering and Evil

Theological, Philosophical, and Biblical. Although all forms of “proof” are welcome.

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  1. compassioninpolitics / Jul 10 2013 9:49 pm

    Theodicy of Evil Outline:
    http://www3.dbu.edu/mitchell/theodicy.htm

    Ireanean Theodicy of Suffering/Evil
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaean_theodicy

    Interesting re-frames:
    http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/suffering.htm

    I’ve been reading the Message of Evil and Suffering from Peter Hicks, which makes a number of quality arguments in terms of the theodicy of evil.

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  2. compassioninpolitics / Jul 11 2013 6:58 pm

    MLK on suffering “about the night sky & stars”
    I’ve been to the mountain top. My guess is there are others.

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  3. Nathan Kets / Jul 17 2013 4:27 am

    There is a certain way in which Christ is the answer to the problem of suffering:
    “Jesus fell on the grenade, as it were, for me. He placed Himself in harm’s way so I could be saved. The cross proves that you and I are valued and loved beyond our wildest imaginings—so much, in fact, that we were died for.”

    —Michael Card, from “A Violent Grace: Meeting Christ at the Cross”

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/114659427/A-Violent-Grace-by-Michael-Card-Excerpt
    Page 5, 6, and 15 are quite interesting. (5 and 6 are the table of contents)

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  4. Nathan K / Aug 1 2013 2:56 am

    May check him out later:
    http://www.huntington.edu/Bible/Faculty/William-Hasker/

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  5. Nathan K / Sep 3 2013 9:08 pm

    Haven’t watched this interview, but can highly, highly recommend the book:
    http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/03/04/an-interview-with-nancy-guthrie-on-suffering/

    Haven’t read this–but its a free online book on suffering:
    http://www.christianity.co.nz/suffer.htm

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  6. Nathan K / Sep 3 2013 9:18 pm

    This also:

    Slide deck (aka powerpoint based on 4 chapters in Be Still My Soul):

    Click to access BeStillMySoul-01.pdf

    The first chapter:

    Click to access 9781433511851.pdf

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  7. compassioninpolitics / Dec 4 2013 6:18 pm

    May check this out:
    http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/speaking-our-pain-anguish-wonder-and-comfort-in-the-psalms

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  8. compassioninpolitics / Jan 7 2014 5:21 am

    “Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”

    ~A Year with C. S. Lewis

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  9. compassioninpolitics / Jul 31 2014 4:42 pm

    I ran across this today:

    Scholarly Status of Logical Problem of Evil

    * I seem to remember a guy who went to Liberty or Wheaton for undergrad (now in PhD in philosophy or theology) who keeps a pretty extensive blog. I need to go back and check it out.

    Also, Lennox & Guiness & Kreeft all have answers.

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  10. compassioninpolitics / Aug 3 2014 3:06 am

    Here are three:
    http://discoveryseries.org/ten-reasons/in-a-god-who-allows-suffering/
    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/01/29/how-could-god-allow-suffering-rjs/

    Click to access 15Jan1956HowBelieveinaGoodGodintheMidstofGlaringEvil.pdf

    http://www.bethinking.org/would-a-good-god-allow-suffering/since-evil-exists-how-can-i-believe-in-a-loving-god

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  11. compassioninpolitics / Aug 16 2014 3:18 am

    Theodicy:
    http://billmuehlenberg.com/category/apologetics/theodicy/

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  12. compassioninpolitics / May 18 2015 1:17 am

    Here is a list of Bible verses thats pretty helpful:
    http://counselingoneanother.com/2012/03/20/36-purposes-of-god-in-our-suffering/

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  13. compassioninpolitics / Jul 6 2015 9:20 pm

    Decent article/sermon:
    http://www.new-life.net/growth/other-articles/eight-explanations-for-suffering-found-in-the-bible/

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  14. compassioninpolitics / Sep 20 2015 12:01 am

    This has a free PDF:
    http://www.desiringgod.org/books/suffering-and-the-sovereignty-of-god

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  15. compassioninpolitics / Jun 21 2016 11:43 pm

    9 Myths about Suffering:
    http://www.seedbed.com/popular-myths-christians-believe-about-pain-suffering-and-evil/

    Textual List & video.

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