#257 Suffering and the heart of God 🗓
With Prof John Wyatt
The problem of suffering has been one of the most intractable and painful theological debates for centuries. But is it perhaps not a problem to be solved, but a deeper mystery to be journeyed through? How does knowing Jesus’ death and resurrection are not simply a response to pain but God’s Plan A from the start change things?
Recommended resources:
- Prof John Wyatt's website
- Matters of Life and Death by John Wyatt
- Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop
- Near to the Broken-Hearted: The Comfort of Jesus in the Grief of Losing a Child by Dan & Anna Martin
- Raging with compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil by John Swinton
- The Cross of Christ by John Stott
Prof John Wyatt
John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship. He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies.
He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates from the perspective of the Christian faith. His book Matters of Life and Death – human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than ten languages. His most recent books are ‘Transforming Friendship’ and ‘The Final Lap’. He and his wife Celia have recently moved to Oxford where they are members of St Andrews Church.
