The Logical Problem of Evil In this lesson we continue our consideration of the problem of evil. What are the deductive and inductive versions of the problem of evil? Why is it important to properly understand what Christians mean by God’s omnipotence? What are two ways to respond to the problem of evil? What is Alvin Plantinga’s Free Will Defense, and why is it important? What is essential to have morally significant individuals who have a capacity to love God and one another? What is the problem with the idea of the “best of all possible worlds?” When contemplating the scale and kind of evil in the world, what is necessary to be able to assess the probability that God exists? How have Christians historically accounted for natural evil? (63 min)
Lesson 16: Review Questions
Lesson 16: Lesson Notes

Tags: Evil, Suffering, Problem of Evil, Freedom, Determinism, Libertarian Freedom

The Nature of God, pt 2 In today’s lesson we continue our study of those things about God which one can discover from the general revelation and natural theology, even if they don’t have a bible. What does the transcendence of God mean, and how is He related to space and time? How can we know that God is a person? What are some of the aspects of personhood? What do we mean by the omnipotence of God? What is the freedom of God and how is it related to His personhood? What is wrong with a god-of-the-gaps view of God? How can we know that the teleological arguments for God’s existence aren’t merely a god-of-the-gaps argument? (50 min)
Lesson 13: Review Questions
Lesson 13: Lesson Notes

Tags: Transcedence, Personhood, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immateriality, Freedom