Ep 88 - Thomas Jay Oord ”God Can’t”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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GUEST INFO/BIO: Hello 2019!!! We kick off the year (FINALLY!) with Dr. Thomas Jay Oord. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than twenty books. Lord has won the Outstanding Faculty Award twelve times as professor of Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, relational theology, science and religion, and Wesleyan/Holiness/Church of the Nazarene thought. (SELECT) GUEST PUBLICATIONS: The Nature of Love: A Theology; The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence; ReThinking the Bible: Inerrancy, Preaching, Inspiration, Authority, Formation, Archeology, Postmodernism, and More; God Can’t: How to Believe in God and Love After Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils. GUEST LINKS/SOCIAL MEDIA: www.thomasjayoord.com Twitter: @thomasjayoord SPECIAL GUEST MUSIC: Cody Fry www.codyfry.com Twitter: @codyfry Facebook: @codyfrymusic Instagram: @codyfry Enjoy the songs? Songs heard throughout the episode were: “Better, Hold On, Go, & A Little More” from the album, Flying and the single, “Vegas.” Go support Cody by grabbing his tunes on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, and anywhere good music is found! Stay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com ! Go there to read our latest blog post, grab a t-shirt, snag a cool pint glass or coffee mug, follow us on social media, or join our Patreon family. The Deconstructionists Podcast is edit by John Williamson. This episode was produced by George “the alien/human hybrid” Benson. Check out George’s podcast Evangebros! Website designed by Ryan Battles. All photos courtesy of Jared Hevron Logo & graphics designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen Pluig t-shirt designs by Colin Rigsby, Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, & Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	My view says that it's God's own nature that makes it the case that God can't prevent evil single-handedly.
0:09.4	That God's nature is first and foremost loving, and God necessarily loves everyone all the time.
0:16.7	And that involves giving or empowering others, not only free will creatures, but cells and muscles and amoeba and corks and the whole kitten caboodle.
0:28.0	And because God loves everyone and everything, God can't control anyone or anything because to do so would be to go against God's own nature of love. I don't know I can't tell I can't tell who's more I want to go With your end in my head
0:56.2	I want to go
0:59.4	Oh my gosh
1:03.1	I can't tell who's more excited right now
1:07.1	Hi everybody
1:08.0	Hey
1:08.5	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast
1:10.2	We're back We're back We're 2019. Forgive us. We are alive. Actually, we don't need to ask for your forgiveness. We know you understand. Yeah. Life is kicking us in the face right now. I think a couple of you may have filed a police report, though, for missing persons. And we appreciate that. We're still doing this.
1:28.4	We are alive.
1:29.2	We are still doing this.
1:30.1	There is more deconstructing and reconstructing to be done.
1:32.8	Yeah.
1:33.2	There are more conversations to be had.
1:35.1	We are not forsaking the brethren in the sisterhood of the deconstructionists.
1:41.0	Yeah, we've just been taking a beating by life, and that sometimes happens.
1:45.2	It just happens, and we know you understand, but we're lining up the interviews. We are. The first one is now.
1:51.1	You're going to love it, and we've got some really tasty treats coming for you guys, just so you know.
1:55.7	It's going to be worth the wait. We may not put out as many episodes this year, but we know that you're going to stick with us
2:02.5	and love us through it. So keep sending us suggestions. And we've just been getting tons and
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