Divine Judgment & Hell – Ep. 154 – What About Evil? – Working For The Greater Good – Part 3

Divine Judgment & Hell
Looking at one of the last main theodicies, we look at the topics of divine judgment & Hell. After laying out the argument from the divine-judgment defense we see that while this argument does have some merit to it, it is not an all-encompassing view of evil.

With two interesting problems, it doesn't seem to deal with the very first evil of the Fall and it doesn't seem to link evil that is not a direct result of sin. We also see that it doesn't seem to tie in God's love and goodness which needs to be in the picture to have a full theodicy picture. Finally, we cover the topic of evil affecting "innocent" people where it seems also appropriate to cover the topic of Hell, damnation, and the fairness of judgment.

While this isn't a full coverage on the topic of Hell, the need to introduce the topic is done and further reading is offered.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:00 - Divine-Judgment Defense
09:33 - Problems With The Defense
10:37 - Objection 1 - Not All Evil Is The Result Of Sin
11:49 - Objection 2 - No Explanation To The First Evil
12:22 - Objection 3 - Undermines Love & Goodness Of God
15:31 - Objection 4 - Evil Affects The Innocent
16:00 - The Fairness Of Judgement On The "Innocent"
21:06 - What About Hell?
22:40 - We Have No Standing To Judge
23:27 - We Have No Idea How To Judge
25:31 - Why Hell?
29:40 - Going Towards A More Faithful Theodicy
31:31 - Conclusion

The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep154/

Books mentioned in this episode:

What about Evil? A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen
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Hardcover - https://amzn.to/3xGsxP6
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If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
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Hell Under Fire by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson
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God & The Problem Of Evil - Five Views by Phillip Cary, William Lane Craig, William Hasker, Thomas Jay Oord, & Stephen Wykstra
Kindle - https://amzn.to/3oCmOZ3
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Divine Judgment & Hell

Looking at one of the last main theodicies, we look at the topics of divine judgment & Hell. After laying out the argument from the divine-judgment defense we see that while this argument does have some merit to it, it is not an all-encompassing view of evil.

With two interesting problems, it doesn’t seem to deal with the very first evil of the Fall and it doesn’t seem to link evil that is not a direct result of sin. We also see that it doesn’t seem to tie in God’s love and goodness which needs to be in the picture to have a full theodicy picture. Finally, we cover the topic of evil affecting “innocent” people where it seems also appropriate to cover the topic of Hell, damnation, and the fairness of judgment.

While this isn’t a full coverage on the topic of Hell, the need to introduce the topic is done and further reading is offered.

Timeline:

00:00 – Introduction

03:00 – Divine-Judgment Defense

09:33 – Problems With The Defense

10:37 – Objection 1 – Not All Evil Is The Result Of Sin

11:49 – Objection 2 – No Explanation To The First Evil

12:22 – Objection 3 – Undermines Love & Goodness Of God

15:31 – Objection 4 – Evil Affects The Innocent

16:00 – The Fairness Of Judgement On The “Innocent”

21:06 – What About Hell?

22:40 – We Have No Standing To Judge

23:27 – We Have No Idea How To Judge

25:31 – Why Hell?

29:40 – Going Towards A More Faithful Theodicy

31:31 – Conclusion

The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep154/

Books mentioned in this episode:

What about Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen

Kindle – https://amzn.to/2UeV3tt

Hardcover – https://amzn.to/3xGsxP6

Logos Link

ChristianBook Link

 

 

 

 

If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn

Kindle – https://amzn.to/3pNBeFs

Paperback – https://amzn.to/3dyj6t9

Hardcover – https://amzn.to/3rOkyzY

Audible – https://amzn.to/3yijVQE

Try Audible For Free – https://amzn.to/3cN0giE

 

 

 

 

Hell Under Fire by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson

Kindle – https://amzn.to/3393AlD

Paperback – https://amzn.to/3lOJe7S

Hardcover – https://amzn.to/3GoioLw

Audible – https://amzn.to/3lM1rmA

Try Audible For Free – https://amzn.to/3cN0giE

 

 

 

God & The Problem Of Evil – Five Views by Phillip Cary, William Lane Craig, William Hasker, Thomas Jay Oord, & Stephen Wykstra

Kindle – https://amzn.to/3oCmOZ3

Paperback – https://amzn.to/3pJWhbG

“As an Amazon Associate, we earn income to support us from qualifying purchases.”