character of God as portrayed in Scripture. And that leads to the most important issue of all: does the doctrine of the sovereignty of God impugn or cast doubt on the character of God? Theodicy Theodicy is the attempt to understand the nature and actions of God in the face of evil and suffering. The first question of theodicy that we want to consider is the seeming disparity that exists between the doctrine of the sovereignty of God and the existence of evil, calamity, and ruin. This is surely not