there are three lessons which the writer is insistent we learn if we are going to make any progress in coping with the problem of the suffering of the innocent. The first lesson is that God is sovereign over suffering: that in a mysterious way which we cannot fathom, suffering falls within his overruling power. One of the ways some people try to resolve the problem of evil is to become what are called dualists. This idea suggests that there are two equal and opposite forces battling