Does the Existence of Evil Prove God Is Absent–or That we Need Him?

We live in a world filled with war, anxiety, injustice, abuse, grief, and unanswered prayers. And for many people, suffering is not just painful—it becomes the reason they walk away from faith entirely.

Because if God is all-powerful, why doesn’t He stop evil? And if He can stop it but chooses not to—can He really be good? This week, we wrestle honestly with one of the hardest questions in Christianity: the problem of evil and suffering.

But Christianity does not offer shallow clichés or easy answers.
At the center of the Christian story is not a detached philosopher—but a crucified God. A God who entered betrayal, grief, violence, abandonment, and death itself.

The claim of Christianity is not: “You will avoid suffering.” The claim is: “God entered it.” For those deconstructing faith, doubting Christianity, or simply exhausted by life—perhaps the invitation is not to return to performative religion, but to encounter Jesus beneath the wreckage. Because suffering may be real. But according to the resurrection, it is not final.