Can We Trust a God Who Allows Evil?

About this episode

Collin Hansen discusses the impact of evil and the challenges of addressing the Problem of Evil.

In this talk from TGC25, Collin Hansen talks about the personal and historical impact of evil, and why so many attempts to respond to the Problem of Evil are ultimately unsatisfying.

People in this episode

Guest: Collin Hansen

Topics covered

• Problem of Evil
• trust in God
• historical impact of evil
• personal impact of evil
• satisfaction in responses to evil

Keywords

• evil
• God
• trust
• TGC25
• Christianity
• suffering
• philosophy

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