The Problem of Evil
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How can we explain the existence of evil? Skeptics argue that this question destroys Christianity. Today, R.C. Sproul explains that the problem of evil actually requires the existence of a good God.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How do you respond when an atheist brings up the problem of evil? |
| 0:05.0 | What are the prerequisites for the problem of evil to even exist? |
| 0:10.0 | What must there be for evil to be a problem? |
| 0:15.0 | The good. |
| 0:17.0 | And there's no ultimate problem of evil unless there is first ultimate goodness. |
| 0:21.6 | And so the problem of the existence of evil is one of the overwhelming testimonies to the existence of God. |
| 0:27.6 | So the problem of evil isn't the problem the unbeliever believes it to be. |
| 0:38.3 | This is Renewing Your Mind on this Wednesday. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and I'm glad you're joining us this week |
| 0:44.3 | as we explore various topics with R.C. Sprawl to help us better defend the faith. |
| 0:50.9 | What you're hearing this week is an early series from Dr. Sprawl |
| 0:54.6 | recorded in the early days of the ministry at the Ligeneer Valley Study Center. |
| 1:00.1 | You can request lifetime digital access to these messages |
| 1:03.4 | when you call us at 800-435-4343 |
| 1:07.8 | or when you visit Renewing Your Mind.org with a donation in support of this outreach. |
| 1:13.4 | To thank you for your support, we'll also send you R.C. Sprole's 32 message series |
| 1:18.9 | Defending Your Faith, and a copy of our field guide on false teaching. |
| 1:24.3 | But this offer ends tomorrow, so respond while there's still time. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, here's R. C. Sprold to explain the argument of the problem of evil, whether there is a |
| 1:34.3 | Christian response to the problem, and if it's really the problem, the unbeliever claims that it is. |
| 1:41.3 | Theologian by the name of Strauss in the 19th century made the statement that the problem of evil is the Achilles' heel of the Christian faith, |
| 1:52.4 | because he argued at that time that no satisfactory explanation can be given to the existence of evil. |
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