For millennia, believers in God have asked, “Why doesn’t God prevent unnecessary suffering?” The usual answers to this question leave most of us unsatisfied. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord offers a different answer—actually five answers that combined, solve the problem of evil. In this "God Talk" forum discussion from Queen Anne Lutheran Church, Dr. Oord will speak from ideas in his best-selling book, God Can’t. This discussion will center on God’s uncontrolling love for us and all creation. For more on this topic, listen to an earlier discussion between Pastor Dan Peterson and Dr. Oord on the "God for Grownups" podcast.

Go to this blog post for an introduction to Oord’s views.
This short video gives an overview of Oord’s book, which can be ordered from Amazon here.

Thomas Jay Oord, Ph.D. directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary. He’s a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multidisciplinary studies; author or editor of more than twenty-five books. He is known for contributions to research on love, science and religion, open and relational theology, the problem of suffering, and the implications of freedom for transformational relationships.