Greg reflects on the objective nature of beauty and morality, then he answers questions about how providence and the decrees of God play out in life and how to manage a denominational split in a way that shows respect to all but still makes clear the danger of staying in the denomination.

Topics:

1. Commentary: Beauty and morality are objective. (00:00)

2. How does providence and the decrees of God play out in life? (20:00)

3. As part of a team managing a denominational split, could I have taken a better approach that showed respect to all but still made clear the danger of staying within the denomination? (50:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• STR Outposts

• A Response to the Rising Antisemitism – Previous episode

• How Should Christians View and Treat the Jews? – Previous episode

• Dogmatic Theology by William G.T. Shedd, edited by Alan Gomes

Related Links:

• Providence by John Piper

• How Can We Condemn Evil If God Is Sovereign? by Amy Hall

• God Can Work Through Anyone and Everything—Even You and Your Sin by Amy Hall

• “Forced Love” Is the Wrong Way to Look at It by Amy Hall

• Excusing Sinners and Blaming God: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil by Guillaume Bignon

• God Reforms Hearts: Rethinking Free Will and the Problem of Evil by Thaddeus Williams