https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Internal-Issues-With-Free-Will-Theodicy-Ep.229_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Internal Issues With Free Will Theodicy Along with Scriptural issues will it, there are also internal issues with free will theodicy. Today’s short clip comes from episode 229 which can be found here. BOOK LINKS: Apologetics – A Justification of Christian Belief by John Frame Kindle Paperback Audible […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/It-Always-Comes-Back-To-Romans-9-Ep.229_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download It Always Comes Back To Romans 9 It seems like discussions of alleged free will come back to Romans 9. Today’s short clip comes from episode 229 which can be found here. BOOK LINKS: Apologetics – A Justification of Christian Belief by John Frame Kindle Paperback Audible Try […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Scriptural-Issue-With-Free-Will-Ep.229_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Scriptural Issue With Free Will The free will defense for evil is popular but Frame points out there are Scriptural issues with it. Today’s short clip comes from episode 229 which can be found here. BOOK LINKS: Apologetics – A Justification of Christian Belief by John Frame […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Free-Will-Defense-For-Evil-Theodicy-Ep.229_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Free Will Defense For Evil Theodicy The free will defense for evil theodicy is probably one of the most popular ones out there. Today’s short clip comes from episode 229 which can be found here. BOOK LINKS: Apologetics – A Justification of Christian Belief by John Frame Kindle […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Worldviews-Categorized-On-Reality-Free-Will-Atomism-Ep.198.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Free Will Atomism We go about categorizing different views on reality. This allows us to really focus on one important subject and see where the differences lie. Next is Free Will Atomism – Utilitarian Hedonists & Existentialists. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Free Will Atomism 03:50 – Utilitarian Hedonists 06:23 […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Scott-Christensen-On-The-Scriptural-Case-Against-Free-Will-Ep.180.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Scriptural Case Against Free Will Where the logic of free will might be debatable between philosophers, the Scriptural case is the one that should encapsulate all Christians. What does the Bible have to say about the freedom of God when it meets the freedom of man? Scott […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Scott-Christensen-On-The-Free-Will-Defense-Limiting-God-His-Revelation-Ep.180.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Scott Christensen On The Free Will Defense One of the most prominent explanations for why there is evil is that man’s free will allows him to do evil and God allows that free will to happen lest God tramples on the freedom of man. Scott Christensen on the […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Can-God-Choose-Man-Choose-The-Same-Action-Ep.156.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Choose The Same Action Digging into the true understanding of free will in the Reformed perspective, we see that when it comes to God & man, they can choose the same action and it is not contradictory. This isn’t an immovable object and unstoppable force. This is where […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Different-Theories-Free-Will-Theists-Use-To-Explain-Gratuitous-Evil-Ep.149.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Free Will Allows Gratuitous Evil There are three main theories that free will theists put forward to explain gratuitous evil. Two of them seem very outlandish and are hard to sway with the testimony of Scripture. The other theory is more plausible – however, problems still arise. TIMELINE: […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Molinism-Middle-Knowledge-Tries-To-Save-Human-Freedom-Gods-Foreknowledge-Ep.148.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Molinism & Middle Knowledge One of the most popular free will stances is that of Molinism and middle knowledge of God. This theory, touted by those like William Lane Craig, is an attempt to save both human free will and God’s ability to have foreknowledge. This counter-Reformation theory […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Simple-Foreknowledge-Attempts-To-Regain-Free-Will-Standing-Ep.148.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Simple Foreknowledge One of the responses to the problems of free will having a direct impact on God’s foreknowledge is the Arminian camp’s response of simple foreknowledge. Here God decrees what He sees when he looks down the corridors of time. There are a whole host of problems […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Why-Cant-Humans-Be-Free-To-Choose-Only-Good-Choices-Ep.147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Choose Only Good Choices? An area free will advocates have a hard time explaining is why does the ability to do evil needed if you could choose between only good choices. There you’d have the ability to choose between alternative possibilities but only good ones. Why can’t we […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Is-God-Not-Able-To-Love-Without-The-Ability-To-Hate-Within-The-Trinity-Ep.147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Is God Not Able To Love Within The Trinity? One of the biggest arguments free will advocates have is to claim that in order for real love to exist that it has to occur within the confines of libertarian free will. Without that absolute freedom then love is […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/If-Free-Will-Is-So-Important-Why-Doesnt-God-Have-It-Ep.147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Why Doesn’t God Have It? If free will is such an important characteristic to allow beings to have real choices then clearly God has that quality, right? God has to have the ability to make wrong choices or alternative choices for His actions to be truly free. But […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Free-Will-Undermines-The-Doctrine-Of-Depravity-Ep.147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Free Will Undermines The Doctrine Of Depravity Another issue with wanting to believe in free will is that free will undermines the doctrine of depravity. Not that we are as bad as we can possibly be but that we are wholely enslaved to sin. This is a clear […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Free-Will-Denies-Gods-Providence-Ep.146.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Free Will Denies God’s Providence Along the lines of free will not being biblical, free will denies God’s providence as revealed in the Bible. The constraint that free will advocates have to force God into appears to be in opposition to the characteristics and nature of who God […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/What-Is-Gods-Relationship-To-Free-Will-Beings-Like-Ep.146.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download God’s Relationship To Free Will Beings Here we have to ask then what is God’s relationship to free will beings like? Do the outcomes of this belief show us what is revealed in Scripture or does it present a different idea of God that is dependent and genuflect […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Are-Humans-Able-To-Choose-Alternative-Choices-Ep.146.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Able To Choose Alternative Choices? Getting into the details of libertarian free will we see if we are able to choose alternative choices. Free will advocates would point to this as a logical and necessary ramification from being created with free will. We see that there are three […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6-Possible-Answers-To-The-Problem-Of-Evil-Ep.138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download 6 Answers For Evil Scott Christensen gives six of the main explanations Christians have given against the problem of evil. They include things like free will, natural law, goodness, character development, highest goodness, and judgment. Here are 6 answers for evil. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Mapping Out The Problem […]
