If God Is Good, Why Is There So Much Suffering and Pain?

Life isn't fair! Terrorist bombings. Ethnic cleansing. Body-ravaging diseases. Murder. Child abuse. Natural disasters. Genetic maladies. These travesties, global and seemingly relentless, drive us to the limits of our reasoning. We attempt to garner some comfort from the worn out but inaccurate cliche: God is in control. When pain and suffering invade our well-laid plans for a good life, we ask the gut questions: Why God, why? Why do You allow this? Why don't You do something? What kind of God are You? With humility, gentleness and candor, Harold Eberle helps us reassemble our thoughts about suffering and pain. He offers the framework of truth that guides us to an anchoring belief that God is good. This book evaluates the role God plays in the Earth, explores the origin of suffering, and reassures us of God's kind intentions toward us.

After pastoring a church in the Northwest United States, Dr. Harold R. Eberle embarked on a traveling ministry through he has influenced leaders lives all over the world. Over the course of 40+ years of ministry, he has authored more than 30 books and helped build 15 Bible colleges in the Philippines, Africa, and Pakistan. Harold and Linda Eberle were married in 1978. In addition to helping with the ministry, Linda was a third-grade school teacher for 15 years. Together they live in Yakima, Washington, USA, where they raised their three children who are now grown. Yakima serves as headquarters for their ministry known as Worldcast Ministries and Publishing.