OCC - Why Does God Allow Evil? SELF-PACED

If God is good and all-powerful, why doesn’t He put a stop to the evil in this world? Non-Christians and Christians alike struggle with the concept of a loving God who allows widespread suffering in this life and never-ending punishment in hell. We wrestle with questions such as...

Why do bad things happen to good people?
Why should we have to suffer for Adam's sin?
How could people go to Hell because they never heard the Gospel?

But what if the real problem doesn’t start with God… but with us? In this SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE, Dr. Clay Jones examines what Scripture truly says about the nature of evil and why God allows it. Along the way, he’ll help you discover the contrasting abundance of God’s grace, the overwhelming joy of Heaven, and the extraordinary destiny of believers.

Most Christians consider to the problem of evil to be THE MOST troubling question of our faith: Why Does God Allow Evil? In this course, we will not just talk about possible answers to why God allows evil. Nor will this course resort to simply saying that arguments from evil are insufficient to show that Christianity is false. Rather, this course will actually answer the question of why God allows evil--we know the answer, the Bible tells us the answer, but what we've found is that Christians have not thought the answers through to the point that they are emotionally compelling enough to share with others. The key questions we will resolve (other than WHY God allows evil) are:

CLAY JONES, PHD Is a Visiting Scholar for the MA in Christian Apologetics program at Talbot Seminary and the chairman of the board of Ratio Christi, a university apologetics ministry. Previously, he was the executive director of Simon Greenleaf University (now Trinity Law School) and served on the pastoral staff of two large churches. He holds a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

He formerly hosted Contend for Truth, a call-in nationally syndicated talk radio program. On his program he debated many people over eight years, including panentheist John Cobb, Jr.; a professor of Buddhism; Jamal Badawi, Islamic Information Institute; a Muslim cleric; a Church of Scientology minister; Mormons; Jehovah’s Witness Greg Stafford; Dallas Blanchard, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights; Peta representatives; a euthanasia advocate; a secular humanist, Rep. Loretta Sanchez; KFI talk show host Bill Handle; Jimmy Creech, SoulForce chairman of the board; Bruce Ware; R. C. Sproul, Jr.; Robert Morey; R. Scott Clark; and a KJV only advocate.

Clay focuses his writing and teaching on explaining what the Lord is accomplishing through allowing evil, suffering, and death. He lives with his wife Jean E. in south Orange County California.