If There's a God That is All Powerful and All Good, How Can There be So Much Evil and Suffering?

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Randy Alcorn spoke on God bringing good out of hard circumstances at the Linger Conference held at Watermark Church in Dallas, Texas, on February 13-14, 2015. 

A Great Message by Dan Franklin on the Problem of Evil and Suffering

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The problem of evil and suffering is something I’ve read many books concerning, and heard some great presentations on. 

Brittany Maynard, Age 29, Has Taken Her Life Here in Portland, Oregon

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It was announced late Sunday afternoon that on Saturday, 29-year-old terminally ill Brittany Maynard chose to end her life under Oregon’s physician assisted suicide law.

Turning Bad into Best

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C. S. Lewis, in The Great Divorce, wrote that “both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective… Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.”

How Do We Reassure Those Who Are Suffering?

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Randy answers the question “How do we reassure those who are suffering?” during an interview on Moody Radio in June, 2014, marking the paperback release of his If God Is Good book.

Surrendering to God’s Wisdom

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When I need a point-of-view adjustment, I read the last five chapters of Job. That’s where the focus shifts from Job’s questions about his suffering—and his friends’ proposed answers—to God’s majesty.  

His Strength and Grace in Our Weakness

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As a young pastor I loved God sincerely; but like my tavern-owner father, I was independent, self-sufficient, and prone to do things on my own. 

Beauty from Ashes

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Never underestimate the potential of a seed buried deep within the ashes.

Heaven, Suffering, and an Eternal Perspective: Randy Alcorn with Greg Laurie

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In this conversation between Randy Alcorn and Pastor Greg Laurie, they discuss how pain, suffering, and the promise of Heaven shape the believer’s worldview here on earth.

Heaven, Suffering, and an Eternal Perspective: Randy Alcorn with Greg Laurie

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Recently reposted in a podcast from Pastor Greg Laurie, pastor at Harvest Ministries, this classic conversation between Randy and Greg centers on how pain, suffering, and the promise of Heaven shapes the believer’s worldview here on earth.