(S5 E5) Four Ways that Middle Knowledge Helps to Explain Unanswered Prayer

By: Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo | November 14, 2021

Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo discuss a recent article that Brian wrote concerning how middle knowledge impacts one’s understanding of unanswered prayer. By unanswered prayer, it is meant that God did not answer the person’s prayer according to the way that the person wished. Thus, in this sense, the request was left unanswered.

What does Molina cover in his untranslated works?
How does middle knowledge impact prayer?
What are the four ways that middle knowledge can account for unanswered prayer?
How does middle knowledge account for prayers that are impossible to answer?
How does middle knowledge account for prayers that are logically infeasible?
How does middle knowledge account for prayers that are individually harmful?
How does middle knowledge account for prayers that are corporately destructive?
What can we take from Molina’s position on prayer and its impact?

Brian Chilton: Founder of Bellator Christi Ministries

Brian G. Chilton is the founder of BellatorChristi.com, the co-host of The Bellator Christi Podcast, and the author of the Layman’s Manual on Christian Apologetics. Brian is a PhD Candidate in the Theology and Apologetics program at Liberty University, holds an MDiv in Theology from Liberty University, and a Bachelor of Science from Gardner-Webb University. He has served in pastoral ministry for 20 years and currently serves as a clinical hospice chaplain.

https://www.amazon.com/Laymans-Manual-Christian-Apologetics-Essentials/dp/1532697104

Curtis Evelo: Co-Host and Producer of the Bellator Christi Podcast

Curtis Evelo is a cattle rancher at the E6 Hereford Ranch in St. Ignatius, Montana. Curtis is the Co-Host and Producer of the Bellator Christi Podcast. He often teaches and speaks at his church Cornerstone Faith Center in St. Ignatius. Curtis provides a common-sense approach to Christianity as he contemplates the wonders of God’s creation in Big Sky Country.

Dive Deeper

(Podcast) Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo, “Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism,” Interview with Tim Stratton, BellatorChristi.com (8/8/2021), https://bellatorchristi.com/2021/08/08/sis-s1-e7-human-freedom-divine-knowledge-and-mere-molinism-w-dr-tim-stratton/

Brian Chilton, “Seven Reasons Why Prayer is Important,” BellatorChristi.com (6/24/2013), https://bellatorchristi.com/2013/06/24/seven-reasons-why-prayer-is-important/