Boy Swept Away by Floodwaters: Why Didn’t God Save Him? | with Dr. Clay Jones and Dan Hodges

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Life has been especially hard for those in the western part of North Carolina since Hurricane Helene struck last week, leaving residents without access to food and water and claiming the lives of countless victims due to unprecedented flash flooding and fallen debris. During this week's podcast episode, Frank sits down with Dr. Clay Jones (instructor of the upcoming OCC course 'Why Does God Allow Evil?') and Dan Hodges (CrossExamined Board Director and Hurricane Helene survivor) to discuss the problem of evil and some of the heartbreaking stories emerging in light of the recent storm.Resources mentioned during the episode:Micah's Story (New York Post article): https://bit.ly/3Yb4JU3 (https://bit.ly/3Yb4JU3)Clay's Online Course: https://bit.ly/3ZQbefV (https://bit.ly/3ZQbefV)Clay's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736970444 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736970444)Give to Samaritan's Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/ (https://www.samaritanspurse.org/)

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0:00.0	Ladies and
0:05.0	why does God allow evil?
0:08.0	Some will say God allows evil because he gives us free will
0:12.0	and we need free will to love but why does
0:13.8	God allow natural disasters like the devastation of hurricane
0:19.4	Helene? What does that have to do with free will if anything?
0:23.0	And why do bad things happen to good people?
0:26.0	Why didn't God save that seven-year-old boy named Micah
0:31.0	who yelled, last thing he was heard to yell was, please help me Jesus as
0:36.8	he was being swept away by floodwaters. His body was found about a quarter mile downstream.
0:45.0	We're going to get into those difficult questions today
0:49.0	with Dr. Clay Jones and Dan Hodges. Clay providentially has been scheduled for months to
0:58.2	teach a new online course for us, why does God allow evil and it's scheduled to start later this month.
1:06.0	You know, he's taught for many years of online courses for us and at Colorado Christian
1:10.9	University and also at Biola University.
1:14.4	My friend Dan Hodges is a graduate of Biola University.
1:18.2	He's also a board member here at crossexamine.org and he experienced Hurricane Helene when it hit his house and
1:26.0	community in Western North Carolina just last week. I'm going to start with Clay
1:31.5	and we're going to bring Dan in a little bit later in the program to talk about what's happened with Hurricane Helene,
1:38.0	what's going on right now. But let's start with Clay.
1:42.0	Clay, it's very providential that you're teaching this course here later this week.
1:48.0	This hurricane of course has just hit.
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