Why Does God Allow Evil? with Clay Jones (Encore Edition)

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Why Did God Let That Child Die? by Clay Jones is one of the most popular articles ever published in the Christian Research Journal. We have no doubt that it was popular because the topic of theodicy is difficult for many to comprehend. For that precise reason we are bringing you an encore edition of this critical conversation between Hank and Clay Jones, associate professor of Christian Apologetics at Biola University and one of the pre-eminent scholars on the issue of theodicy. If you’ve ever wondered why God allows sin and suffering, this is a can’t miss conversation.

Topics discussed include: why does God allow evil? (3:30); why did God let that child die? (5:30); why it’s hard to reconcile determinism and theodicy (9:00); why do people want determinism to be true? (14:30); how God uses suffering (19:30); why do bad things happen to good people? (27:00); transgenderism as child abuse (36:00); the Christian Research Journal article “Killing the Canaanites” (42:00); what difference does belief in original sin make? (48:30); why people who think heaven will be boring are wrong (51:00); the importance of making our lives on Earth count (57:30); what does God want our legacy on Earth to be? (1:01:30); finding ways to be useful to God (1:04:30).

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0:56.5	It's the podcast, not the broadcast.
0:59.5	And I'm bringing some of the most interesting and insightful people in the world to you through Hank Unplugged.
1:06.1	And today's no exception, Clay Jones.
1:09.9	He joins me.
1:15.2	He's a professor of apologetics at Biola. He specializes in issues related to why God allows evil. And we're going to get into that subject today.
1:21.8	He's the author of a brand new book titled Why Does God Allow Evil? And he has been a frequent contributor to the Christian Research Journal.
1:32.3	Clay, welcome.
1:35.2	Thank you, Hank.
1:36.1	It's a pleasure to be on.
1:37.4	And if I may, let me say, I love the Christian Research Journal.
1:40.7	And if you don't mind my plugging it just briefly, I think everybody ought to have a
1:44.8	subscription to it. So there I said it. Well, great. And, you know, people can subscribe on the web at
1:50.9	equip.org. I appreciate you doing that. I love your name, Clay Jones. Where did that come from?
1:56.6	Well, you know, actually, my mom, before she was even as Christian, was kind of spiritual,
2:02.2	and so she liked the idea of me being shaped into the image of God, even before she was a Christian,
2:08.4	and that's where Clay came from, and obviously Jones is a family name.
2:12.1	And sometimes people think my name is Clayton, which it's actually not.
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