The Problem of Evil is considered by many to be one of the more significant problems that confronts Christianity. How can a Good God who is also All Powerful allow evil to exist? In this section of this web site, we investigate this problem.

Videos

Below are a few short video presentations by Os Guinness and Ravi Zacharias that gives an overview of the problem and potential avenues of solution:

Os Guinness speaks about three approaches to evil: (YouTube, 11 minutes, 18 seconds, Veritas Forum). Click here.

Ravi Zacharias and Os Guinness speak about “Who is responsible for evil?”: (YouTube, 7 minutes, 39 seconds). Click here.

Ravi Zacharias speaks on “How Can a Good God Allow Evil?”: (YouTube, 4 minutes, 36 seconds). Click here.

Ravi Zacharias speaks on “How Can a Benevolent God Allow Suffering?”: (YouTube, 10 minutes, 51 seconds). Click here.

Books

Below are a few recommended books on the subject. With the exception of two books, links are given to book reviews or comments.

Todd Baker, The Eclipse of Evil: How the Cross and Resurrection of Christ Answer the Problem of Evil, iUniverse, 2007.

D. A. Carson, How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil, 2nd edition, Baker, 2006. For a review by Bill Muehlenberg, click here. For a review by Mark Heath, click here. For a review by Brian G. Najapfour, click here.

Gordon Clark, God and Evil: The Problem Solved, Trinity Foundation, 1996. For some notes on Clark and this topic, click here.

Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, The Problem of Evil, Tyndale House, 2001.

John Hick, Evil and the Love of God, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. For a review by Julian N. Hartt, click here.

Cornelius G. Hunter, Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil, Brazos Press, 2001. For a brief review by Larry D. Paarmann (SIG Coordinator), click here.

C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, HarperCollins, 1996. For a review, click here.

Alvin Plantinga, God, Freedom, and Evil, Eerdmans, 2001. For a negative review by Frederick W. Kroon, click here. For a positive review, click here.

Richard Swinburne, Providence and the Problem of Evil, Oxford University Press, 1998. For a review by J. W. Wartick, click here.

Peter Van Inwagen, editor, Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil, Eerdmans, 2004. For a brief review by Jacques Theron, click here.

N. T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God, InterVarsity Press, 2006. For a review by D. A. Carson, click here.