The following is the transcript of a talk given at Church of the Cross during the “Dealing with Doubts” series on August 19, 2012.
Today we are going to look at perhaps the most difficult question that any human can face: the problem of evil and suffering. The problem of pain.
This is a problem that everyone has to resolve. Christians agonize over how to think about the recent shootings in Aurora, CO and the wildfires that swept the state and affected Colorado Springs. This past week, my wife and I have had to wrestle with this question due to some painful injustices we have experienced in regards to our housing situation.