If God, Why Evil?: A New Way to Think About the Question

by Norman L. Geisler

Overview

Bestselling author and apologist takes on one of the most difficult questions Christians face. How can an omnipotent, loving God preside over a world filled with evil and suffering? The author's approach is concise, systematic, and clearly communicated, just what Geisler fans have grown to expect. In addition to relying on time-tested solutions to the problem of evil, the author also presents a compelling new way to think about this puzzle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441214652
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	546,917
File size:	601 KB

About the Author

Norman L. Geisler (PhD, Loyola University of Chicago) has taught at top evangelical schools for over fifty years and is distinguished professor of apologetics and theology at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California. He is the author of more than seventy books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.
Norman L. Geisler (PhD, Loyola University of Chicago) has taught at top evangelical colleges and seminaries for over fifty years and is distinguished professor of apologetics and theology at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California. He is the author of nearly eighty books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, Christian Ethics, and Systematic Theology. He and his wife live in North Carolina. Learn more at www.normangeisler.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Three Views on Evil 11

Chapter 2 The Nature of Evil 17

Chapter 3 The Origin of Evil 27

Chapter 4 The Persistence of Evil 35

Chapter 5 The Purpose of Evil 45

Chapter 6 The Avoidability of Evil 57

Chapter 7 The Problem of Physical Evil 71

Chapter 8 Miracles and Evil 83

Chapter 9 The Problem of Eternal Evil (Hell) 95

Chapter 10 What About Those Who Have Never Heard? 115

Appendix 1 Animal Death Before Adam 123

Appendix 2 Evidence for the Existence of God 131

Appendix 3 A Critique of The Shack 153

Bibliography 169