{"id":40032,"date":"2018-03-05T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=40032"},"modified":"2018-03-05T20:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:47:23","slug":"podcast-217-bignons-defense-of-calvinism-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-217-bignons-defense-of-calvinism-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 217 &#8211; Bignon&#8217;s Defense of Calvinism &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2279\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-40032-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities217.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities217.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities217.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities217.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=40032-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities217.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities217.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40036\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guillaume-Bignon.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If a <strong>Calvinist view<\/strong> of divine providence and human freedom is correct, which Dr. Guillaume Bignon understands to require compatibilism about human freedom and determinism, <strong>does this imply that you and I are <em>not<\/em> blameworthy for our sins, and that God<em> is<\/em>?<\/strong> If so, it would seem that any Christian should reject that view of divine providence and human freedom.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, part two of our conversation (<a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-216-bignons-defense-of-calvinism-part-1\/\">part 1 here<\/a>) Dr. Bignon <strong>summarizes the arguments<\/strong> of each of the ten chapters of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Excusing-Sinners-Blaming-God-Responsibility\/dp\/1532618654\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1519612296&amp;sr=8-1\" data-amzn-asin=\"1532618654\"><em><strong>Excusing Sinners and Blaming God<\/strong>: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He discusses his contributions to philosophical literature about <strong>the &#8220;principle of alternate possibilities&#8221;<\/strong> and the &#8220;consequence argument&#8221; against compatibilism, and his analyses of and responses to charges that Calvinism makes God <strong>the &#8220;author of evil.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Towards the end, he answers a few of Dale&#8217;s <strong>objections<\/strong> from scripture and from common sense.<\/p>\n<p>Are you convinced by his account? Are you satisfied with his answers to Dale&#8217;s objections? Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Excusing-Sinners-Blaming-God-Responsibility\/dp\/1532618654\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1519612296&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40041\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bignon-excusing-sinners-and-blaming-god-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a>Links for the this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Excusing-Sinners-Blaming-God-Responsibility\/dp\/1532618654\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1519612296&amp;sr=8-1\" data-amzn-asin=\"1532618654\"><em><strong>Excusing Sinners and Blaming God<\/strong>: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theoloGUI\"><strong>@theoloGUI<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy 30:11-20<\/li>\n<li>This week&#8217;s thinking music is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/audionautix.com\/Music\/RubixCube.mp3\">Rubix Cube<\/a>&#8221; by Jason Shaw (aka &#8220;audionautix&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Calvinism make God the &#8220;author of evil&#8221;? Dr. Bignon argues that this charge will not stick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,21,62,75,56,9,57,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetics","category-bible","category-calvinism","category-divine-attributes","category-interview","category-philosophy","category-podcast","category-protestant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40032"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40043,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032\/revisions\/40043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}