On this special episode, host Dave Lester discusses the problem of evil called the nastiest question that theists have to deal with. He talks about how the problem of evil is philosophically formulated, how people of faith respond to the challenge of theodicy and ends talking with Terrence Malick's all-encompassing spiritual vision of life in his film, "The Tree of Life."

Sources for this episode:

*Questions that Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy by Ed L. Miller

*"Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" by David Hume

*"God, Freedom and Evil" by Alvin Plantinga

*"Process Theology" (https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/process-theology/) by John S. Feinberg

*"Process and Reality" by Alfred North Whitehead

*"Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming" by Dr. Catherine Keller

*The Problem of Pain by CS Lewis

*"The Blink of a Life, Enclosed by Time and Space" (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-tree-of-life-2011) by Roger Ebert

Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong