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Original air date: December 12th, 2022
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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Clay Jones on the topic “Why Does God Allow Evil?”
1:53 - What is the best Christmas movie?
3:43 - Intro about Clay Jones
4:56 - Interview begins
5:03 - Clay’s history reteaching and teaching the subject
7:55 - How do we define evil?
9:00 - Evil is not a “thing”
10:30 - Is the curse of the ground a punishment or a limitation?
12:15 - God using things to teach people
13:28 - Which God are we defending?
15:53 - Getting too philosophical when defending the faith?
17:22 - Why is evil man’s problem (not God’s)?
22:18 - Genocide is something that people do
24:13 - Who does God allow humans?
28:09 - God is not done with the story yet, judgment and learning lessons
31:32 - How having an eternal perspective will illuminate the issue
35:00 - What about natural evils in the world?
41:15 - Why would God instruct Israel to slaughter the Canaanites?
38:12 - What about those carrying out the punishments?
51:58 - Can evil be used in an argument for the existence of God?
54:58 - Encouragement for those struggling
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*Helpful links:*
Clay Jones Bio
clayjones.net/#about
We Don’t Hate Sin So We Don’t Understand What Happened to the Canaanites - a315.co/WeDontHateSin
Clay Jones’ blog:
clayjones.net/blog
BOOKS:
Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers for Life’s Toughest Questions - a315.co/3UHCB5O
Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us and What We Can Do About It - a315.co/3UMSQi2
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning - a315.co/3iSQDo2
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang - a315.co/3YbtBsG
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Original air date: December 12th, 2022
Please make an end-of-year donation to Ap315!
apologetics315.com/donate
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Clay Jones on the topic “Why Does God Allow Evil?”
1:53 - What is the best Christmas movie?
3:43 - Intro about Clay Jones
4:56 - Interview begins
5:03 - Clay’s history reteaching and teaching the subject
7:55 - How do we define evil?
9:00 - Evil is not a “thing”
10:30 - Is the curse of the ground a punishment or a limitation?
12:15 - God using things to teach people
13:28 - Which God are we defending?
15:53 - Getting too philosophical when defending the faith?
17:22 - Why is evil man’s problem (not God’s)?
22:18 - Genocide is something that people do
24:13 - Who does God allow humans?
28:09 - God is not done with the story yet, judgment and learning lessons
31:32 - How having an eternal perspective will illuminate the issue
35:00 - What about natural evils in the world?
41:15 - Why would God instruct Israel to slaughter the Canaanites?
38:12 - What about those carrying out the punishments?
51:58 - Can evil be used in an argument for the existence of God?
54:58 - Encouragement for those struggling
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*Helpful links:*
Clay Jones Bio
clayjones.net/#about
We Don’t Hate Sin So We Don’t Understand What Happened to the Canaanites - a315.co/WeDontHateSin
Clay Jones’ blog:
clayjones.net/blog
BOOKS:
Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers for Life’s Toughest Questions - a315.co/3UHCB5O
Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us and What We Can Do About It - a315.co/3UMSQi2
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning - a315.co/3iSQDo2
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang - a315.co/3YbtBsG
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We appreciate your feedback.
If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at podcast@apologetics315.com
