The goodness of God :Assurance of purpose in the midst of suffering /Randy Alcorn.
Description
A search we all share -- Tragic choices -- Determining the origins of evil and suffering -- What's wrong? I am -- Accepting the reality of inherited sin -- Alternative answers -- Examining explanations for evil and suffering -- A clash of worldviews -- Investigating moral relativism, atheism, and the "problem" of goodness -- The great drama -- Reviewing evil and suffering's roles in Christ's redemptive work -- Why so much evil? -- Questioning God's allowance of evil and delay of justice -- God's control and our freedom -- Discovering how god sovereignly allows yet rules over our choices -- Are we promised health and prosperity? -- Recovering a biblical view of health and wealth -- The world we long for -- Exploring god's eternal solution to evil and suffering -- Wanting more clarity -- Wrestling with the reasons for our suffering -- What we can do -- Finding perspective in our suffering -- A final word: this changes everything.
vi, 117 p. ;19 cm.
Book Details
Author
Alcorn, Randy C.
Place Published
City
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Date Published
2010
Publication Subjects
Theodicy.
Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
God (Christianity)--Goodness.