I want to address this question carefully because the problem of pain and suffering is often treated like intellectual football. Those not in the midst of suffering can oversimplify that which is actually deadly serious. Pain is real and thus this question is not just an intellectual issue. The book of Job...

If there is a God, and this God can do everything… why do bad things happen to innocent people?  This question is posed often – after every earth quake/ tsunami/ tornado/ school shooting? If there is a God, don’t these events show that this God is not good? He must...