0:00 Opening Remarks … THE GOODNESS OF GOD
0:35 John William Wenham (Author, The Goodness of God) “…Look At The Goodness Of GOD Says The Christain Teacher…But, When We Look Into The Bible, Things SEEM FAR FROM GOOD!”
5:49 The Most Difficult Of All Apologetic Questions: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
6:50 TPOE Is The Crucial Point Of Testing For Any Defense Of THE FAITH…EXAMPLE #1, GLB Illustrates With R.C. Sproul (Book, Objections Answered)…NO ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR TPOE…(The Best That Non-Presupp Can Offer)
11:02 EXAMPLE #2, John William Wenham
13:05 TPOE Cannot Be Taken In A Cavalier Way… The Seriousness Illustrated by Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Classic Novel, BROTHERS KARAMAZOV.
18:59 We Have To Account For This Evil…We Cannot Give Glib Answers
20:08 RECAP …THERE’S ALOT RESTING OF THIS TOPIC!
20:40 EXAMPLE #3, What Is This TPOE?
21:46 Boethius’ Question, “If There Be A GOD, From Whence Proceed So Many Evils?” …Omnipotence & Perfect Goodness
23:12 Many Philosophers Have Said TPOE Is A Decisive Disproof Of Christianity…David Hume…W.T. Stace (The Charge Has Never Been Answered, AND NEVER WILL BE!)
25:26 Atheology: (John R. Shook – Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion.)
26:08 Evil and Omnipotence, by H. J. McCloskey, Philosophical Quarterly 1960. …J. L. Mackie…GLB Illustrates Mackie’s Point With Ants On Venus Illustration (THE CHRISTIAN’S IRRATIONAL BAD ARGUMENTS)
29:02 Is GOD Good?…Look Around At The World…IN THE HIDING PLACE, (Life of Corrie Ten Boom)
30:11 Some Of The Alternatives That Try To Resolve TPOE …GLB Gives Eight In Rapid Succession
30:52 1) Evil Is Unreal
31:54 2) Evil Is Really Good In Disguise…A Means To The Good
34:13 3) Evil Is Really A Necessary Counterpart To Good
35:38 4) Evil Is To Enhance Our Appreciation Of The Good
36:37 5) Evil Came From satan
37:43 6) Evil Is Permitted As GOD’s Warning Against Sin & In Our Punishment For Sin
39:27 7) GOD Works Through Evil (GOD is Going To Clean Up The Mess)
40:36 8) Evil Has Its Origin In The Freewill Of Man
45:50 GLB Introduces The Solution: THE PRESUPPOSITIONAL APPROACH TO ANSWERING TPOE
46:47 A Review Of Presupp The Method
52:19 Applying Presupp To TPOE
54:16 What Are Some Of The Philosophical Notions Of Goodness That Have Been Used? …The 3 Different Camps Of Defining It
54:28 Good Is An Objective Quality…Sub Group: Naturalist & Intuitionist
57:27 Good Is A Subjective Quality…Sub Group: Private & Social
58:39 More Theories Of Good: Performative Theory
59:47 GLB Summary Of These Theories…Evil Cannot Be Identified Apart From The Christian Worldview
1:03:31 RECAP …Question The Unbeliever’s Assumptions; And, Show That Him He Cannot Give An Account Of His Assumption Without First Using Your Starting Point: GOD
1:04:31 Answering The Question Posed About GOD, In The Book, THE HIDING PLACE.
1:07:00 GLB Gives Analogy For The Thinking/Understanding Of The Unbeliever
1:09:25 The Proper Response, When The Goodness Of GOD Is Questioned In Light Of TPOE.
1:11:13 What Is The Christian View Of Evil?
1:13:30 QUESTIONS
1:18:27 CLOSING PRAYER
In three separate lectures Dr. Bahnsen equips believers to confront and answer this favorite objection to Christian theism offered by unbelievers. (CMF)
