031 - Molinism with Tim Stratton

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Tim Stratton of Free Thinking Ministries. They discuss the topic of Molinism as it relates to God’s sovereignty, human free will, and why it matters. Tim’s book on the subject is Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism: A Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Analysis. 1:03 - Intro to Tim Stratton 1:41 - Why Molinism on the podcast? 3:20 - Welcome to Tim Stratton 3:54 - How Tim became a Christian 9:37 - God as a maximally great being 10:43 - Tim’s dissertation 11:18 - What does Tim find compelling about Molinism? 12:42 - The Mere Molinism Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/4070368643044867 16:14 - What is the problem that Molinism is trying to solve? 22:47 - How to briefly summarize Molinism? 23:41 - Defining terms: Middle knowledge and counterfactuals 31:39 - Scriptures that affirm counterfactuals / middle knowledge 41:53 - Why us the term “mere” Molinism? 46:22 - Can Molinism be applied to salvation? 48:21 - Does this chess analogy work? 52:10 - Objection: Molinism is not derived from scripture 58:23 - Objection: Who cares? That’s just for scholars and theologians 1:02:45 - How Molinism saved Tim’s marriage 1:06:20 - Where to find Tim’s resources Tim’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoJHrgHyjBgOiSTxFT0Dag Free Thinking Ministrires https://freethinkingministries.com/ Tim’s Bio https://freethinkingministries.com/tim-stratton/ Free Thinking Podcasts https://freethinkingministries.com/free-thinking-podcasts/ Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism: A Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Analysis. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Freedom-Divine-Knowledge-Molinism-ebook/dp/B08LL3Q3T5 If you have a question for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at [email protected]