Video| Jan Paulsen Visits Haiti, Reflects on Theodicy

Spectrum Staff | June 12, 2010

In the most recent Adventists About Life series, Jan Paulsen, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, briefly discusses the issue of theodicy and divine responsibility.

“Touched by his recent visit to Haiti, a country that has become a symbol of suffering after a recent mega natural disaster, Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, says that there are no quick answers to suffering. He encourages those who suffer and ask for a meaning of it, and says that Christ is with us in our suffering.”

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