But what’s strange is the Scripture writers have little or nothing to say about the problem of evil, at least not in the philosophical sense.48 They don’t debate its nature or theorize about its origins or have a crisis of faith over a tsunami. Why not? Because evil was assumed. Take, for example, Jesus’ central prayer: “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”49 Notice that Jesus assumed that God’s will was not done on earth. Hence, his prayer.
