Are Christians Under the Law of Moses? & Can God Be Blamed for Evil? (Live Q&A)

It's TikTok Tuesday on the Ask A Christian Podcast, and host Nate — fighting through a head cold and a stack of Bible verses — throws open the mic to anyone willing to debate him live. What starts as a rapid-fire rundown of Old Testament law (are Christians actually under the Law of Moses, or is that a misreading of Exodus and Leviticus?) turns into hours of unscripted, back-and-forth apologetics with callers of every stripe: skeptics, agnostics, a self-described "former Christian," and even a few fellow believers. The heart of the episode is a long, genuinely thoughtful wrestling match over the problem of evil. If God is all-knowing and all-powerful, why did He create Satan knowing exactly what would follow? Could God have made humans incapable of choosing evil? Is God "omniresponsible" for every tragedy He foreknew? One caller pushes Nate through the evidential problem of evil, gratuitous suffering, Alvin Plantinga's free will defense, and skeptical theism — and Nate keeps circling back to one answer: withhold judgment where the Bible is silent, but trust the character of God where it isn't. Along the way, the conversation also covers why some people say monogamy — not doubt about God — is what keeps them out of church, how to respond to Bible "contradictions" and Christian hypocrisy without losing your faith, and whether belief itself is even a choice you can make. It's messy, it's honest, and it's the kind of long-form, unedited Christian apologetics conversation you won't find scripted anywhere else. Watch the full episode of the Ask A Christian Podcast — "Are Christians Under the Law of Moses? & Can God Be Blamed for Evil?" — above. 00:00 - Intro 0:48 - Are Christians Under the Law of Moses? 13:37 - Is Belief a Choice? Can God Punish Unbelief? 23:22 - Is It Wrong to "Hate" Someone's Beliefs? 26:50 - Why Monogamy Keeps People Out of Christianity 34:58 - Bible Contradictions & Christian Hypocrisy 43:29 - Did God Know Satan Would Cause Evil? 1:01:58 - Is God "Omniresponsible" for the World's Evil? 1:07:33 - Should Skeptics Withhold Judgment on Evil? 1:16:02 - The Evidential Problem of Evil & Gratuitous Suffering 1:21:09 - Higher-Order Goods, Free Will & Skeptical Theism 1:30:06 - Can God Be Evil? Free Will and God's Nature 1:42:13 - Job, Suffering, and Final Thoughts #AskAChristianPodcast #Christianity #Bible #Jesus #Faith #Apologetics #ChristianApologetics #ProblemOfEvil #Atheism #FreeWill #BibleStudy #ChristianDebate #Theology #TikTokLive #Gospel