Ask NT Wright Anything #176 Free will and Problem of Evil (Classic)

2023-07-13T17:00:00

From Sept 2019: An atheist listener asks a question about free will and the problem of evil. Will it be possible for there to be another ‘fall’ in the new creation? And the hosts of the Libertarian Christian Podcast have some questions for Tom about living as Christians in today’s world.

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