I am in the middle of reading "Why Jesus"

   Currently reading the chapter on pain and suffering. The Author, Ravi Zacharias, has written extensively on this topic many times.  Most great Apologists and Theolgians have also taken a crack at it.  I most enjoyed the quote below by the Scotsman and writer James Stewart:

 It is a glorious phrase – “He led captivity captive." The very triumphs of His foes, it means, He used for their defeat. He compelled their dark achievements to subserve His end, not theirs. They nailed Him to the tree, not knowing that by that very act they were bringing the world to His feet. They gave Him a cross, not guessing that He would make it a throne. They flung Him outside the gates to die, not knowing that in that very moment they were lifting up all the gates of the universe, to let the King come in. They thought to root out His doctrines, not understanding that they were implanting imperishably in the hearts of men the very name they intended to destroy. They thought they had defeated God with His back the wall, pinned and helpless and defeated: they did not know that it was God Himself who had tracked them down. He did not conquer in spite of the dark mystery of evil. He conquered through it." -- James Stewart, Scotland