A Loving God & a Suffering World

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What the problem is not -- There is evil ... -- But there is good -- The problem of good -- Formulating the problem -- Historical answers -- The approach of this book -- Our limited knowledge -- What omnipotence means -- Logical limitations -- Moral restrictions -- Other restrictions -- The divine dilemma -- The difference between could and would -- The possibility of evil -- Why accidents happen -- Causes and purposes -- Freedom requires causal laws -- Can nature be exonerated -- Are causal laws good? -- What about nature? -- Violent eruptions of nature -- The sentient ingredient -- The body's alarm system -- Love and freedom -- What is goodness? -- Santa or policeman -- Utilitarian goodness -- Goodness and wrath -- Moral goodness -- What is good? -- What is evil? -- Defining evil -- Is pain intrinsically evil? -- Moral evil -- The elimination of evil -- Observations on pain -- Mental pain -- Composite human suffering -- The injustice of innocent suffering -- Animal pain -- Difficult scriptural answers -- The world is out of gear -- A foreign intruder -- The subversion overcome -- Divine intervention -- Are miracles possible? -- Should miracles be expected? -- Why not? -- Putting suffering to use -- Character construction and personality building -- Correction and education -- A ministry of suffering -- Knowing God's presence -- Victory over suffering -- Suffering is being used -- Suffering shared by God -- The future life.