Theodicy attempts to reconcile the existence of God and the existence of evil — but by viewing every evil as somehow connected to a greater good, the theodicist leaves the sufferer little space for ...

My introduction to the Book of Job (Iyov in Hebrew) was not a promising one. I was in my early teens. A woman with three teenage sons, a stalwart of our community, was dying of cancer. She asked for a ...

Preparing to brave the cold and ice on Christmas Eve, I was sitting in front of our local newscast as a local Lutheran pastor was interviewed for the show's signature conversation segment. The pastor ...

Imagine a Christian has experienced a devastating loss, perhaps the death of someone dearly loved. Not everyone knows the traditional word theodicy, but most Christians have been acquainted with its ...

A woman stands over her dead child's body in a hospital. The child suffered from leukaemia and her long fight with this horrid disease has ended. Is the mother standing over her dead child not ...

Why must the wicked appear always to prosper, while the innocent are made to suffer, seeing all their efforts come to grief? It is a question at least as old as the Book of Job, which framed the ...

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You confused me with your dismissal of the theodicy argument. Here are my two biggest objections to what you had to say: First, I have never looked at the theodicy argument as an argument against ...