When life falls apart, where is God, and does the oldest book in the Bible have any answers? In this episode of Faith and Science, host Kaysie Vokurka explores the Book of Job and the problem of evil, asking why the best answer to pain is sometimes a relationship rather than a reason. It’s a thoughtful look at suffering through a biblical worldview, with evidence for God drawn from what science still can’t explain, and a practical example of Christian apologetics for anyone wrestling with doubt.

Dr. John Ashton, author of The Big Argument: Does God Exist?, takes on the common claim that the existence of suffering and evil disproves a loving Creator. Drawing on chapter 12 of his book, he walks through the story of Job, including the heavenly challenge over whether love can be genuine rather than bought, and God’s response of pointing Job to the wonders of creation. His conclusion is that the unsolved mysteries of life’s origin and the universe’s formation point to a Creator who is worthy of our trust, even when we don’t have all the answers.

In this episode, you will hear:

- Why Satan’s challenge in Job raises the question of whether love can be bought, and what it means for God’s judgment of character
- The true story of a husband at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, who paddled between a great white shark and his wife on their honeymoon
- A young doctor in Virginia who, while dying, urged her attacker to accept Jesus, and what Dr. Ashton makes of “why her?”
- How God’s questions to Job (“Were you there when I created snow?”) echo today’s unanswered science on the origin of life and the universe

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