Hitler is evil. Helping an old lady cross the street is good. Simple, right? But there’s an underlying question here: Why? What are good and evil?
In this crossover with our partner organization Passages Israel, Dru Johnson (CHT Director) and Mattanah DeWitt kick off Season 2 of Discover Your Roots, which aims to unpack weighty questions about the nature of good and evil. In this episode, Dru gives an overview of the season, walking us through a few common conceptions (and misconceptions!) about good and evil through the lens of psychology, philosophy, culture, and—ultimately—Scripture. The whole season is available here!
Discover Your Roots is produced by Passages Israel. Passages sponsors and coordinates journeys to the Holy Land to strengthen the faith of Christian students, connect them to Israel, and prepare them for a life of Christ-centered leadership.
Show notes:
0:00 Announcing the upcoming CHT event in NYC
1:23 Introducing Season 2
2:20 How modern culture thinks about evil
7:40 Definitions of evil
9:57 The theological history of evil
13:42 The Hebrew word ra
15:20 Why our words lose their weight
17:07 An overview of the Bible's view
21:59 God using evil for good
23:29 Analyzing the golden calf story
27:29 Turning toward good
29:41 The redemption of the world
32:23 Preview of the rest of the season

Show notes by Micah Long