Paul’s Mysterious “Thorn in the Flesh”

Here’s a lecture from my class, Pauline Epistles. It focuses on the closing chapters of 2 Corinthians, a book in which Paul says a lot about hardship and suffering. He doesn’t address all of the questions concerning the issue; but he does provide profound perspective on how God causes suffering to work for the best. […]

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Books on the Problem of Evil

Here are a few good resources that address what we call “theodicy,” or the problem of a good God allowing evil. Disappointment with God by Phillip Yancy Introduction to Philosophy by Norman Geisler and Paul Feinberg. This has a great chapter on the problem of evil. The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis.

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