In this video I explain and defend the angelic fall theodicy as an explanation for natural evil. Check out the article referenced here: https://brill.com/view/journals/evqu/87/2/article-p114_2.xml?language=en
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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:58 - Table of Contents
04:09 - What Are Stars?
04:52 - Do Angels Build Nature?
06:12 - 1) The Challenge of Natural Evil
15:32 - 2) A Taxonomy of Theodicies
17:55 - Denial of Pre-Human Natural Evil
21:03 - Denial of Traditional Doctrine of God
22:18 - Developmentalism
23:58 - Fallenness
28:49 - 3) Angelic Fall Theodicy
31:39 - Hans Urs von Balthasar
33:03 - C.S. Lewis
36:04 - The Silmarillion
40:29 - 4) Classical Angelology
40:57 - Augustine
44:11 - Thomas Aquinas
47:15 - 5) Defending Angelical Fall Theodicy
51:45 - What About Atheism?
52:02 - What About Young-Earth Creationism?
52:50 - A Biblical Demonology
56:27 - Re-enchanting the World