Next question, Dr. Craig, thank you for your ministry and the amazing work that you've

done in my life through the power of the Holy Spirit.

John Piper has said regarding the crucifixion, quote, these few hours in history was the

climax of the worst wickedness that has ever been performed on the planet.

And God planned it so that we might be saved, unquote.

You have defended that God is not the author of evil.

How would you respond to the Calvinist argument that this is biblical evidence that God predestines

evil Oliver in the United States?

Well, I would explain to Oliver that on a molinist perspective, that is a perspective following

the Jesuit of theologian Luis Molina, that God knows that certain persons would act

in certain ways if he were to place them in those circumstances.

And even though it is God's absolute will, that everyone always do the right thing and

whatever circumstances he puts them in, it can be God's conditional will to allow people

to be in certain circumstances in which God knew that they would do evil because God

knows that he can bring some good out of it.

And I think this is exactly what happened in the case of the crucifixion.

The New Testament says very clearly that the crucifixion of Jesus happened by the definite

plan and foreknowledge of God.

And I would say that what this means is that God knew that if he were to send his son

at this time in human history, when these people were in Israel, and certain people were

on the Jewish Sanhedrin, the High Court, that they would condemn Jesus to death freely.

He knew that if Pilate were the procurator of Judea during this time, that Pilate would

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