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Why Does It Seem like Things Aren’t Working out for Good?

Why Does It Seem like Things Aren’t Working out for Good?

FromStand to Reason Weekly Podcast


Why Does It Seem like Things Aren’t Working out for Good?

FromStand to Reason Weekly Podcast

ratings:
Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Dec 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Greg reflects on the words in Christmas carols, talks about the promise in Romans 8:28 that “God causes all things to work together for good,” then answers questions about his process for reading books, a defense for Noah’s ark, and the Calvinist view of free will.
 
Topics:

Commentary: Why does it seem like things aren’t working out for good? (00:00)


What process do you use for reading books to get the most out of them? (16:00)


Do you have a good defense for Noah’s ark? (35:00)


Is the Calvinist view of free will correct? (45:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

Reading Less, More—and Twice as Fast by Greg Koukl


The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and its Scientific Implications by John Whitcomb and Henry Morris


Grace Defined and Defended: What a 400-Year-Old Confession Teaches Us about Sin, Salvation, and the Sovereignty of God by Kevin DeYoung


Related Links:

“Forced Love” Is the Wrong Way to Look at It by Amy Hall


Excusing Sinners and Blaming God: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil by Guillaume Bignon


How Can We Condemn Evil if God Is Sovereign? by Amy Hall
Released:
Dec 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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This podcast rebroadcasts our weekly radio program. Our purpose is to help Christians think more clearly about their faith and to help them make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity. Released every Wednesday and Friday.