Recently in the newspaper one of the pastors who write for the faith and values section of the newspaper tried to give what he referred to as a theodicy for the tsunami in response to comments in the opinion page on why the tsunami and for that matter evil showed there was no God. The pastor's response was (surprise! surprise!) that God allows evil so that man can have free will. What I would like to know is what components should a reformed theodicy have in answer to a free will theodicy?

Peter

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Augustine of Hippo