God's Problem
- Author: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrator: L.J. Ganser
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:21:42
Synopsis
In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another. Consider these competing explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers:
- The prophets: suffering is a punishment for sin
- The book of Job, which offers two different answers: suffering is a test, and you will be rewarded later for passing it; and suffering is beyond comprehension, since we are just human beings and God, after all, is God
- Ecclesiastes: suffering is the nature of things, so just accept it
- All apocalyptic texts in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament: God will eventually make right all that is wrong with the world
For renowned Bible scholar Bart Ehrman, the question of why there is so much suffering in the world is more than a haunting thought. Ehrman's inability to reconcile the claims of faith with the facts of real life led the former pastor of the Princeton Baptist Church to reject Christianity.
In God's Problem, Ehrman discusses his personal anguish upon discovering the Bible's contradictory explanations for suffering and invites all people of faith—or no faith—to confront their deepest questions about how God engages the world and each of us.
Chapters
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Chapter 001
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 002
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 003
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 004
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 005
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 006
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 007
Duration: 04min -
Chapter 008
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 009
Duration: 01min -
Chapter 010
Duration: 04min -
Chapter 011
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 012
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 013
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 014
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 015
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 016
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 017
Duration: 05min -
Chapter 018
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 019
Duration: 04min -
Chapter 020
Duration: 08min