The Problem of Evil & Suffering

I taught this quarter-long class from January-March 2026. Full YouTube Playlist │ Full Audio Playlist

You can find my class PowerPoint slides here.

Introduction and the Logical Problem of Evil (Philosophy about the nature of God and evil and how they can coexist).

1. Prepare your minds for action

2. What is evil, where did it come from, and who is to blame?

3. The Problem of Evil and Theodicy

4. Augustine's Privation of Good

5. The Freewill Defense (FWD)

6. What does God know? (Determinism, Open Theism, Compatibilism, Molinism)

7. The Evidential / Probabilistic Problem of Evil and Gratuitous Evil

Biblical Reasons for Suffering

8. Suffering as a natural consequence of my sin

9. Suffering as punishment from God for my sin