{"id":92287,"date":"2025-11-20T21:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=92287"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:23:41","slug":"why-does-god-allow-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-does-god-allow-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does God Allow Suffering?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Erik Borlaug<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Does God Allow Suffering? | A 3,000-Year-Old Biblical Answer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tzc0Pj6dWcg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Why would a good and loving God allow evil, pain, and suffering? This is one of the most difficult and emotional questions in life &#8211; and one of the strongest objections skeptics raise against Christianity. In this video, Erik Borlaug explores an ancient story in I Kings 14 in which the &#8220;problem of evil&#8221; takes center stage. King Jeroboam&#8217;s son falls sick, and God&#8217;s response may surprise you. This 3,000-year-old account gives us a fresh perspective on suffering, evil, and God&#8217;s mercy. Whether you&#8217;re a skeptic wrestling with hard questions or a Christian seeking answers for your own faith, this biblical story sheds light on how God can work even through suffering.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Erik Borlaug via InLight Media Why would a good and loving God allow evil, pain, and suffering? This is one of the most difficult and emotional questions in life &#8211; and one of the strongest objections skeptics raise against Christianity. In this video, Erik Borlaug explores an ancient story in I Kings 14 in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-92287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-suffering"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91623,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/share-your-faith-without-having-all-the-answers\/","url_meta":{"origin":92287,"position":0},"title":"Share Your Faith Without Having All the Answers","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Erik Borlaug Do you ever feel nervous about evangelism-afraid you won't have the right answers when talking with skeptics? 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