Do We Have Free Will? The free will defense has done a lot in answering the logical problems of evil. While determinism has become more popular in the past decade among academics; the culture at large still has the embracement of free will. But do we have free will? We want to ask, “By what [...] The post Do We Have Free Will? – Ep. 146 – What About Evil? – Guarding The Sacred Treasure Of Free Will – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

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Do We Have Free Will? – Ep. 146 – What About Evil? – Guarding The Sacred Treasure Of Free Will – Part 1

Can God Answer Evil? Can God answer evil and the problems caused by suffering? That is what a theodicy attempts to do. It provides a justification for why suffering and evil exist and that God exists as presented. This is a reason why one has to stake a claim in a specific God like the [...] The post Can God Answer Evil? – Ep. 145 – What About Evil? – Justifying The Ways Of God appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Can God Answer Evil? – Ep. 145 – What About Evil? – Justifying The Ways Of God

The Battle Of Two Moral Standards After finishing with defining our terms we look at ways in which those definitions play out in our worldviews. Here’s where the battle of two moral standards starts to interact and separate. Each side has a burden of proof since each side has a problem of evil. Where the [...] The post The Battle Of Two Moral Standards – Ep. 144 – What About Evil? – Probing The Darkness – Part 2 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

The Battle Of Two Moral Standards – Ep. 144 – What About Evil? – Probing The Darkness – Part 2

Defining Evil Definitions are one of the most important parts of having any conversation. A lot of times people use different definitions as a result of their worldview. So when it comes to the topic of evil, defining evil is vital. In this chapter, we look at a secular version as well as the Christian [...] The post Defining Evil – Ep. 143 – What About Evil? – Probing The Darkness – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Defining Evil – Ep. 143 – What About Evil? – Probing The Darkness – Part 1

Crisis Of Secularism Picking up where we left off last time; now that the world has shirked off God because of the evil all we are left now with is us and evil. Ut oh. We are in a crisis of secularism. The second part of the modern worldview is the advancing of secularism leading [...] The post Crisis Of Secularism – Ep. 142 – What About Evil? – Theodicy And The Crisis Of Our Secular Age – Part 2 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Crisis Of Secularism – Ep. 142 – What About Evil? – Theodicy And The Crisis Of Our Secular Age – Part 2

The Enlightenment And Evil We ended up going long on this chapter and so we split it up into two episodes so there is a hard cut and no outro at the end of this episode. There’s a lot to cover with the Enlightenment and evil. Where did the problem of evil really become a [...] The post The Enlightenment And Evil – Ep. 141 – What About Evil? – Theodicy And The Crisis Of Our Secular Age – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

The Enlightenment And Evil – Ep. 141 – What About Evil? – Theodicy And The Crisis Of Our Secular Age – Part 1

What About Evil Summary Along with the answer to the question, “What about evil?”, at the beginning of the book; Scott Christensen also gives us a What About Evil summary of the book too. Here is the chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book with just a small take on what’s included. Within the book, we get [...] The post What About Evil Summary – Ep. 140 – What About Evil? – Introduction – Part 2 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

What About Evil Summary – Ep. 140 – What About Evil? – Introduction – Part 2

The Answer To Evil…Already? Scott Christensen takes the first part of the introduction to his book “What About Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory” and does something interesting – he gives you the answer to evil at the start! First, he presents the idea that there does, in fact, exist evil and suffering in [...] The post The Answer To Evil…Already? – Ep. 139 – What About Evil? – Introduction – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

The Answer To Evil…Already? – Ep. 139 – What About Evil? – Introduction – Part 1

TAG! Christianity Is It! We have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Dr. James Anderson to the show. We recently went through his book “Why Should I Believe Christianity” which was a presuppositional take on taking seriously the claims of the worldview of Christianity. We also said it was a good give-away book in that it [...] The post TAG Christianity Is It – Ep. 138 – Dr. James Anderson Interview appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

TAG Christianity Is It – Ep. 138 – Dr. James Anderson Interview

Prelude To Evil We introduce the next book we’re going over. The book is What About Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen. In this episode, we just go over the prelude to evil. From the Amazon description: “Reconciling the existence of God and evil has been a long-standing conundrum in Christian [...] The post Prelude To Evil – Ep. 137 – What About Evil? appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

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Prayer Help This week we welcome Pastor Jim Li onto the show for some prayer help. Pastor Li pastors in California but is very active in teaching in the Asian churches. As a result, his identity will be hidden today. And with Tony on vacation, you’re stuck looking at Patrick. Good thing we make an [...] The post Prayer Help – Ep. 136 – Interview With A Pastor – Pastor Jim Li appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Prayer Help – Ep. 136 – Interview With A Pastor – Pastor Jim Li

If Christianity’s True We conclude Dr. James Anderson’s book by looking at what if Christianity’s true. We discuss alternative explanations to the Resurrection and see that they don’t rise to the occasion. Did Jesus swoon? Have His body stolen? By the disciples? By the Romans/Jewish leaders? Was it all an illusion? There are good reasons [...] The post If Christianity’s True – Ep. 135 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – Defying Death & What Now? appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

If Christianity’s True – Ep. 135 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – Defying Death & What Now?

Resurrection Proofs The ultimate moment in history for Christians is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Christianity is true, this event is the most important event for every person who lived, living, or will ever live. Where do Resurrection proofs fit in the Christian worldview then? Through the anticipation of Old Testament prophecy, the testimony [...] The post Resurrection Proofs – Ep. 134 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – Defying Death – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Resurrection Proofs – Ep. 134 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – Defying Death – Part 1

Jesus Is God After looking at the claims made by others about who Jesus is, we turn to Jesus and see what He says about Himself. We can conclude that Jesus is God by His own testimony and the events surrounding His life. We look at Jesus accepting worship, approving the use of the title [...] The post Jesus Is God – Ep. 133 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – God With Us – Part 2 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Jesus Is God – Ep. 133 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – God With Us – Part 2

Who Is Jesus? “Who is Jesus?” is a question that has not only been asked of by Christians and skeptics. That question is an important one to many other world religions, people seeking understanding, people of today and yesterday. A big part of the Christian worldview revolves around the centrality of – Christ, Jesus. We [...] The post Who Is Jesus? – Ep. 132 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – God With Us – Part 1 appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

Who Is Jesus? – Ep. 132 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – God With Us – Part 1

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