by Nathan Jacobs
A philosophy podcast exploring the issues of today.
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April 10, 2025
<p>Dr. Jacobs explains the Eastern Christian understanding of Christ's descent into Hades, distinguishing it from Hell. The letter clarifies how Eastern Church fathers viewed Christ's descent as destroying death's power and liberating humanity. A comparison with Western theological perspectives reveals fundamental differences in how these traditions understand this doctrine.</p><p><br></p><p>All the links: </p><p>YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNathanJacobsPodcast</p><p>X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS</p><p>Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast</p><p>Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/</p><p>Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/</p><p>Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs </p>
April 3, 2025
<p>In this fourth installment on the Problem of Evil, Dr. Jacobs explores the complex relationship between divine providence and human freedom. What does it mean that God delegates subsovereignce to creation? And how does divine foreknowledge interact with human self-determination? Tune in as we examine biblical figures like Abraham, Job, and Saul alongside the desecration of goodness and the atheist's problem with evil. This episode lays crucial groundwork for understanding the synergistic nature of providence before our final exploration of theodicy.</p><p><br></p><p>All the links: </p><p>X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS</p><p>Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast</p><p>Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/</p><p>Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/</p><p>Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs </p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 Intro </p><p>00:02:13 The rational ordering principle</p><p>00:13:17 What is the individual? </p><p>00:32:05 Divine foreknowledge </p><p>00:40:08 Abraham, Job, & Saul </p><p>00:52:06 Providence: blueprint or synergy? </p><p>01:01:29 The desecration of goodness</p><p>01:08:28 The atheist’s evil problem </p><p>01:18:51 So why doesn’t God intervene? </p><p>01:34:30 God delegates subsovereignce </p><p>01:46:06 A critical feature of providence </p><p>01:49:51 What DOES God do? </p><p>01:56:49 The divine energies </p><p>02:16:40 The synergistic nature of providence </p><p>02:27:17 Engaging in self-determination</p><p><br></p><p>Other words for the algorithm… </p><p><br></p><p>Leibniz, A defense of God, Epicurus, David Hume, Heraclitus, The Problem of Pain, The Problem of Divine Hiddenness, Christianity, Eastern Christianity, Orthodox Christian, Christianity, Evangelical, Protestant, Catholicism, Catholics, pantheism, Empedocles, body-soul dualism, metaphysical dualism, Manichaeism, Augustine of Hippo, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Nicene Creed, The Arian Dispute, Christology, Seven Ecumenical Councils, Jonathan Pageau, Fr. Josiah Trenham, Jordan Peterson, Pints With Aquinas, Christian apologetics, theology, Alex O'Connor, John of Damascus, Alvin Plantinga, modal logic, Scholastics, the consequent will of God, Origen, complex goods, Theism, philosophy of religion, natural theology, moral philosophy, ontological argument, teleological argument, cosmological argument, ancient philosophy, patristics, church fathers, suffering, existentialism, free will, determinism, sovereignty, divine attributes, omnipotence, omniscience, benevolence, theological ethics, moral evil, natural evil, comparative religion, religious epistemology, divine justice, meaning of suffering, spiritual formation, rationalism, empiricism, atheism, agnosticism, William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, Bishop Barron, apologetics debate, philosophical theology, Thomas Aquinas, divine providence, spiritual warfare, eschatology, redemptive suffering, qualified omnipotence</p>
March 27, 2025
<p>In this third installment on the Problem of Evil, Dr. Jacobs lays the groundwork for understanding Eastern patristic theodicy. Why can God do no evil, despite having free will? And why don’t these conditions apply to humans? Tune in because this will lay the foundation for the finale episode on the problem of evil. </p><p><br></p><p>All the links: </p><p>X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS</p><p>Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast</p><p>Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/</p><p>Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/</p><p>Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs </p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 Intro </p><p>00:05:18 The narrative of the problem of evil </p><p>00:18:29 A refresher: goodness, evil, and the great chain of being</p><p>00:33:03 If God has free will and can’t commit evil, why can’t humans do the same? </p><p>01:02:55 The permissive will of God </p>
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Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries
Jay Dyer
First Things
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Matt Fradd
Father Michael O'Loughlin and Mother Natalia
Justin Brierley
Jimmy Akin
The Thomistic Institute
Bishop Robert Barron
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph
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