Today's Conversational Backpourch Theology is the second to the last episode of our sizzling

summer series called, If God Is Perfectly Good, Then Why Did Blank Happen?

The wavy and wonderful Biblical truism we've been exploring is Theodicy, which means

the vindication of God's absolute goodness and providence in view of the existence of

physical and moral evil.

Frankly, y'all, the fact that the infinite, all-powerful creator of the universe allows us

to question his character when we can't see around the corner of our finite human circumstances

underscores the immutability, the changelessness of God's compassion.

A God who was anything less than perfectly good would surely fry fussy, fickle followers

like us in degree spots of oblivion.

Now, since Ali, my five-foot-twelve spiritual wingwoman, is still up to her ears in bubble

wrap, we've got another great guest host this week, and I can guarantee you're going

to love the brilliant baritone of my spiritual brother, E.J. Gaines.

So please grab a cup of ice coffee in your Bible, unless you've got a white-nuckled grip

on a shopping cart and are currently fending off other crazed parents in your quest to

fill your child's school supply list, of course, and come hang out on the porch with E.J.

and me.

Hey, hey, hey, back porchers, goodness gracious, we have been having so much fun, I'm losing

my voice.

Okay, my five-foot-twelve spiritual wingwoman, Ali, is still packing boxes.

Ali and Jonathan are in the process of a move, and so I've asked some really dear friends

to fill her size 10 shoes for our summer series, which we're calling, if God is perfectly

...