40 Questions about Suffering and Evil

Multifaceted answers to the multifaceted challenges of suffering and evil.
Both inside and outside the Christian faith, many difficult realities trouble human hearts and minds. By being equipped to answer questions about suffering and evil, Christians can persevere in faith, share their faith, and defend the faith when confronted with these inevitable challenges of living in a fallen world.
In 40 Questions About Suffering and Evil, Greg Welty shows the necessity of exploring our vocabulary around evil and suffering so we can clearly see and express the best questions. Welty explores vital ideas, backgrounds, and issues, answering questions like these:

• What is the difference between Moral Evil and Natural Evil?
• What is the Bible's role in helping us understand suffering and evil?
• Does God will all suffering and evil?
• How is the gospel relevant to counseling those who suffer?

Welty provides biblically informed intellectual resources for answering significant questions about suffering and evil, exposing readers to a wide range of influential views articulated by Christians over the past two millennia.

Greg Welty was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Philosophy), Westminster Theological Seminary in California (M.Div.), and the University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil, Philosophical Theology; Oriel College). He was a teaching assistant for John Frame at Westminster (1993-1997), a stipendiary lecturer in philosophy at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford (2000-2001), assistant professor of philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas (2003-2010), and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina (2010-present). He is also the Program Coordinator for the MA in Philosophy of Religion at Southeastern, has served as a pastor for over ten years, and has written *Alvin Plantinga* (Great Thinkers series) for P&R Publications (2023)