Evil is real but also only exists under the sovereign permission of God.
"In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in the unfolding of His divine plan. Nothing, however small, however strange, occurs without His ordering or without its particular fitness for its place in the working out of His purpose; and the end of all shall be the manifestation of His glory, and the accumulation of His praise" ~ B.B. Warfield, 1851 – 1921, pastor, theologian, professor, and then principle of Princeton Seminary. He was a forceful defender of the inerrancy of the Bible and it’s place as an orthodox Christian doctrine against modern liberal element within Presbyterianism and within Christianity at large. Sermon Bulletin Insert