Maybe the biggest objection to belief in God is the problem of evil and suffering. Certainly it is the most personal and visceral. Amazingly, though, the Bible itself doesn’t shy away from this question. In fact, it tackles it head on in numerous places. This passage is one of the most famous stories in the ministry of Jesus, and also one of the best places to look in order to find out how the Bible engages our minds, and impacts our hearts, in this most difficult of questions.

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