How Could a Good God Let My Husband Suffer?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes to polygamy, and how to pray when asked at a family dinner where nobody is a believer. Topics:

1. How should I respond to someone who is struggling with the question of how a good God could let her husband suffer? (00:00)
2. How can we know if something is objectively a sin or not, particularly when it comes to polygamy? (25:00)
3. What should I say in my prayer when I'm asked to pray at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner where nobody is a believer? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show:

• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
• Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl
• Confessions of a French Atheist: How God Hijacked My Quest to Disprove the Christian Faith by Guillaume Bignon

Related Links:

• What You Need to Know about Evil and Suffering by Amy Hall
• If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
• What Would Polygamy Do to Society? by Amy Hall
• Does God Endorse Polygamy? by Alan Shlemon
• Polygamy in the Bible Is Not Prescriptive by Robby Lashua