Before You Begin
Ten short Bible studies on the oldest question in the world
Thesis. If God is good, why is there suffering? The Bible does not dodge that question — it stakes its whole story on answering it. From the first rebellion in heaven to the day God Himself wipes away the last tear, Scripture presents one connected account: a war about the character of God, fought not with force but with evidence, and settled at a cross. These ten studies walk that story from end to end. Every claim is proven from Scripture alone — read the verses yourself, in your own Bible, and weigh them.
Method. After the old Bible-handbook pattern: every line is a reference followed by the verse and a short explanation — ref → text → gloss. Key terms are defined in bold the first time they appear, with the Scripture receipts that prove them. Each study closes with the DEFINITION the verses built. All quotations are from the King James Version. Nothing here rests on any authority outside the Word:
- John 5:39. "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." — Christ's own instruction: the Book is the field of evidence.
- Acts 17:11. "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." — the Bereans checked even an apostle against the written Word. Do the same with every page that follows.