In part one, Brandon Duke laid out some of the important groundwork for thinking about how a good and powerful God might have a world capable of experiencing immense amounts of evil and suffering. In our conversation today, we’ll delve further into the idea of soul-making to explain why suffering like death, damage, decay, and deprivation along with the limitation of God’s hiddenness are necessary conditions for a world where authentic moral decisions occur and human development becomes possible.

—— Books——

• God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views by Chad Meister, James Dew Jr.
• Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views by Gregory Boyd, David Hunt, William Craig, Paul Helm
• The Triumph of God over Evil by William Hasker
• Four Views on Divine Providence by Paul Helseth, William Craig, Ron Highfield, Gregory Boyd
• Divine Hiddenness: New Essays by Daniel Howard-Snyder, Paul Moser

—— Links ——

• Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments
• Get in touch with Brandon Duke on his website: TruthBorn
• Check out Duke’s videos at the Unitarian Christian Alliance YouTube Channel
• Watch Duke’s Trinity debate
• Also check out this six part series on various theories of divine foreknowledge, including Calvinism, Arminianism, and Open Theism.
• More episodes and posts about the problem of evil and suffering
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