TY - BOOK AU - Murphree,Jon Tal TI - A loving God & a suffering world: a new look at an old problem SN - 9780877848776 AV - BT133 PY - 1981/// CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - InterVarsity Press KW - God (Christianity) KW - Omnipotence KW - Goodness KW - Providence and government of God KW - Christianity KW - Good and evil KW - Suffering KW - Religious aspects N1 - 1; 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; 2 ER -