What We Believe and How We Live for Good (or Evil)

Maybe We Don't Understand God: Process and Natural Theology

Throughout the month of February Pastor Drew Ingram and Dr. Matthew Daude led a class on The Problem of Evil. Matthew spoke from his experience as a professor of Philosophy of Religion about the classic theist definition of God and why that creates a problem that evil exists at all. In the final session, Matthew opens up the topic of perhaps God isn't omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent - at least not in the way we thought. Pastor Drew follows up with the idea that perhaps we have misunderstood power because God exercises God's power in a way totally other to how we might expect.

What We Believe and How We Live for Good (or Evil)

Throughout the month of February Pastor Drew Ingram and Dr. Matthew Daude led a class on The Problem of Evil. Matthew spoke from his experience as a professor of Philosophy of Religion about the classic theist definition of God and why that creates a problem that evil exists at all. This episode Matthew and Pastor Drew work to help the class make connections between what we believe about God, evil, the world, and how we live and move in this world. This episode was recorded during the class session.

God & Evil in the Book of Job

Throughout the month of February Pastor Drew Ingram and Dr. Matthew Daude led a class on The Problem of Evil. Matthew spoke from his experience as a professor of Philosophy of Religion about the classic theist definition of God and why that creates a problem that evil exists at all. This episode Matthew and Pastor Drew examine one main way the Bible addresses this big question by looking closely at the Book of Job. They also begin to make the connection between how what we believe about God significantly impacts how we act for good or evil in the world. This episode was recorded during the class session.

A Classically Theist God and The Problem of Evil

Throughout the month of February Pastor Drew Ingram and Dr. Matthew Daude led a class on The Problem of Evil. Matthew spoke from his experience as a professor of Philosophy of Religion about the classic theist definition of God and why that creates a problem that evil exists at all. If God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, then how and why is there any evil at all. Matthew also shared how Leibniz addresses that question. Pastor Drew chimes in on how a Christian understanding of God further complicates the problem and previews how the Bible seeks to address this very question.