Q. I am 18 years old, and recently the “problem of evil” really threw me for a loop and caused me a lot of pain. I am asking for your help in understanding it a bit more. Why did God, who is ...

Did God create evil? Atheists say yes, God created evil, and they use it to deny the reality of a living God, because surely an all-knowing and loving God wouldn’t allow evil to exist in His world.

Q: Last week, I reached into the Book of Isaiah 45:7 for the striking prophecy: “I form the light and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” In your article, ...

R.C. Sproul, a well-known Presbyterian pastor and teacher who passed away in 2017, enjoyed testing his seminary students by reading aloud this statement from the Westminster Confession of Faith: “God ...

Religious types argue that the idea of free will put in place the imperfection in the universe, as many of us chose evil and rejected God. But the free choice is still more precious than perfection.

Some Biblical stories are well-known even outside of Judeo-Christian circles. Think Jonah and the whale. Think Noah and the Ark. But other than the story, what does this account have to teach us from ...

With so much bloodshed and mayhem in the world, it's understandable that believers would want to put a few pointed questions to God, if given an audience with the maker of all things. Like, why allow ...

“I form the light and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” In your article, “The biggest of the Big Questions: Why does God allow evil?” you say there are ...