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Listen in as Host John Snyder discusses Atheism with guest Bob the Atheist. Our conversation will revolve around such questions as: why do Atheists believe what they believe? What should be the Christian response? What are the most common ways Christians chase away people who question the existence of God? What are the appropriate methods of discussing the existence of God to the honest inquiries of men and women who are unconvinced that Christianity provide adequate answers? Most of all, why is it that Atheists and Christians look at the same world and completely disagree about the underlying nature of reality and the universe? Call in and challenge us: 888-528-2557.

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The Avengers: The Earth's Mightiest Movie

Author: Christopher Neiswonger, Lindsay Brooks Author: &Author: Doug TenNapel
Tue, May 22, 2012

The yearning to be more than human seems universal; an internal drive to transcend our mere humanity. We're a culture fascinated by heroes and failures of virtue tangled with god-like powers. How can we save ourselves being that our gods are so small? Are we ready to be little gods with powers beyond imagination? Would we be good at that? There are a lot of gods in this story, and more, many allusions to religion and religious ideology, most of them Christian, but some of them Pagan. Some might complain that there are too many, but here at apologetics.com it's another opportunity to drive outside our comfort zone, grapple with ultimate questions and seek out a deeper understanding of God, ourselves and the universe. So listen in as the the apologetics.com team give their review of "The Avengers".

Doug TenNapel of www.tennapel.com, Lindsay Brooks (staff) and Christopher Neiswonger (staff)

Lindsay Brooks interviews special guests, Dr. Timothy Finlay and Minister Arthur Daniels.

Dr. Timothy Finlay, associate professor of Old Testament at Azusa Pacific University School of Theology. He is a specialist in form-critical interpretation, especially as it interacts with newer methods such as narrative criticism and feminist criticism. He teaches critical methodologies, the underlying philosophical presuppositions behind those methodologies, and how well those underlying philosophical presuppositions accord with Judeo-Christian tradition and the history of human experience. Dr. Finlay also teaches classes in the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Gospels, and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.

Minister Arthur Daniels Jr serves at Victory Christian Fellowship in Santa Monica, CA, and is an author and radio personality, having debated on the Infidel Guy program, and he has co-hosted the popular New York City based cable TV show.

This past April 13 in Seattle, 2,800 High School Journalism students were attending a lecture presentation by columnist and gay rights activist, Dan Savage. Savage’s remarks caused about 100 kids to walk out and the sponsors, the National Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association, to issue a formal apology in a press release. Among Savage's remarks was a scatological call to ignore parts of the Bible, pointing especially to the Holiness Code of Leviticus, and calling the Bible a "radically pro-slavery document".

Answering challenges like this one, or the charge from Jack Black's "Prop 8 The Musical," song that we "pick and choose" from the Bible, or answering Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf/Magneto) when he tears Leviticus 18 out of hotel room Bibles--requires asking how Christians view the Bible, especially the part we call "The Law" and why one law continues while another is fulfilled, yet all the Law is perfect.

Having grown up in the Church, from "a long line of Baptist preachers and deacons," Reddit Andrews is familiar with the conflicts that face Christians in this age. The picture of respectable knowledge with the imprimatur of the State belonged to the public school, taught by professional educators with college degrees and all the trappings of real knowledge. Whereas sunday school was taught by faithful volunteers, the parents of friends--not what one expects the institutions of learning to look like. He writes in Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity, " My inner struggles were compounded by the powerful conflicting messages I was exposed to in public school. It was not difficult for me to see that the message I was receiving in school and the message I was receiving in my Sunday school classes were mutually exclusive. In public school, my Sunday morning lessons were flatly contradicted. I dutifully listened in Sunday school where I was taught how God created the world in the space of six days and how he rested on the seventh. All week long I would lug around school books that said the earth was millions of years old and that mankind evolved over an unfathomably lengthy period of time. As a child it seemed quite easy to decide who was correct... I just concluded that the public school teachers couldn't possibly be wrong."

Lindsay Brooks hosts a discussion with Rev. Reddit Andrews III to discover how his youthful views were changed and get a prescription for equipping ourselves for the tearing down of arguments and every lofty thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, as well as the subtle and difficult matters of being the Church in the 21st century, including the challenges of multiculturalism and race as we are called to make disciples of all nations. Rev. Andrews is the new Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson MS, and is currently the Pastor of Soaring Oaks Presbyterian Church in Elk Grove CA. He has been an adjunct professor at City Seminary in Sacramento and Augusta School of Biblical Studies. He's contributed to several books, including "Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity", "The Gospel as Center: Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices", and the Gospel Coalition booklet "Sin and the Fall."

Critics are attacking the historicity of the resurrection like never before. Recently, popular and scholarly criticisms have erupted in books, television, and online. Each attempt to explain away the empty tomb accounts and appearance reports. They seek to show that the Christian belief in a bodily resurrection of Jesus is irrational.

Without the resurrection of Jesus the following is true: Jesus is not God, Jesus is not the Messiah, we are still dead in our sins and there is no way to God or heaven, our faith is in vain (it’s a waste of time, energy, money, etc.), Christianity is based on a lie and not facts of history, the doctrines of Christianity ought to be rejected, and no one ought to be a Christian.

Join Jeremy Livermore, Steve Tsai, Harry Edwards, and Sam Welbaum as they (1) refute common charges brought up against the lines of evidence for the resurrection and (2) show that alternative theories explaining away Jesus’ resurrection have challenges that cannot be overcome.

The incarnation as defined at the Council of Chalcedon had immediate and ongoing implications as to man's conception of man, as less than divine, but more than mere matter in motion. If we are stardust, we are truly of no consequence; if we divine, we have no reasonable limitations. If we touch the Godhead, we are capable of glory; if we are but dust, we have need of great graces.

Christopher Neiswonger, Doug Tennapel and Alexandra Snyder of 2112project.com

Many non-Christians reject the Bible as a historical document as they claim it is merely fiction and is internally inconsistent. Many critics bash the Bible as a culturally regressive text filled with ridiculous fable-like stories and unhistorical happenings. They make fun of strange passages of the Bible that refer to talking snakes and donkeys, the sun stopping in the sky, and all of the animals walking into an ark. Additional attacks include claims that the Bible is full of contradictions and irresolvable errors.
Does the Bible report truth or just myths and fables? Is the Bible a text of fact or fiction? Is all Scripture infallible or is it full of contradictions?

Join Jeremy Livermore, Steve Tsai, and Sam Welbaum as they continue their series in the foundations of apologetics. They discuss the following:

Differentiating between an alleged contradiction and an actual contradiction
Common errors resulting in specific Bible difficulties and alleged contradictions
Specific difficulties such as the “How could the Sun stop in the sky?�, “Who is Cain’s wife?�, “How could the Old Testament Bible characters participate in incest and polygamy?�

Kenneth R. Samples, senior research scholar at Reasons To Believe and
author of "Without A Doubt", "A World of Difference", and the upcoming
"7 Truths That Changed the World: Discovering Christianity's Most
Dangerous Ideas" (to be released May 12, Baker Academic) joins Lindsay
Brooks, sitting in for Christopher Neiswonger, for a discussion of the
life of the Christian mind.

Contrary to the ideal of our present age, that of the specialist, the
renaissance ideal was that of broad knowledge, someone with competence
in many areas of pursuit. The men who embody this namesake, like
Galileo, Da Vinci and Bacon were masters of many disciplines. They
were scientists, artists, musicians, mathematicians and philosophers.
As Bacon said, "Knowledge is the rich storehouse for the glory of the
Creator and the relief of man's estate"

The Bible tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom, and that in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge. These passages, and many others, speak to us of God's
desire that men know the truth, that is, that we possess true
knowledge. So the duty and desire of the Christian is certainly to be
found faithful in cultivating the disciplines that make a person clear
thinking. Believing firmly that all truth is God's truth, Professor
Samples takes us systematically through ways of sharpening our minds
no matter where we're beginning, and challenges us to daily efforts,
all to the glory of God and in accord with His Scriptural prescription
so as to avoid the trap of idolatry.

One consequence of a commitment to truth is that fallible men will disagree. It has been well said that denominations occur when freedom of religion meets freedom of conscience. .

Since the Reformation, passionate Protestants of good conscience have deeply considered every major tenet of the faith in light of Scripture as the sole infallible rule of faith. The result has been a number of different churches, each with its own apologetic challenges.

Lindsay Brooks and Elder Seth Stark of Communion Presbyterian Church of Irvine discuss this history and what the consequences for the defense of the faith are.

Depending on their theological tradition, most churches act as though there's a gap in church history between the New Testament and either the birth of Luther or the birth of Billy Graham; however during that gap lived dynamic and important heroes of the faith which shouldn't be over looked. In this episode, host Sam Welbaum is joined by staff apologist Lindsay Brooks and Adjunct Professor Joe Slunaker to discuss the first 300 years of the Christian church. The group discusses persecution, major thinkers, theological themes, historical developments and church/culture relations. The show presumes that our history is important and after listening we're sure you will agree.
Note: Originally this show was going to cover the Ecumenical Councils as well, but we'll have to address those another time in the near future.

With Christopher Neiswonger, Lindsay Brooks and Joe Young

Knowing
Opinion
Perspective
Certainty
Persuasion
Insufficiency
Plato - Aristotle
Augustine
Aquinas
Rorty

Tradition as a source of knowing

Experience
Personal experience
Religious experience
Presuppositions of experience
Implications of experience

The Nature of Inquiry
Historical inquiry
Philosophical inquiry
Scientific inquiry

Evidence
The Nature of Evidence
Relevance
Probative value
Bias
Interpretation
Standards of Persuasion
Standards of Reliability

The problem of Subjectivity and Objectivity

Kinds of evidence
Experience
Testimony
Records
Initial conditions implied by current conditions
Proper Foundation

Arguments
Arguments from Axioms
Arguments from Intuitions
Arguments from commonly accepted knowledge (“common sense�)
Arguments from physical Sensation and its inherent presumptions and implications
Arguments from the consequence of changing states of being
Arguments from rationality – from the existence of logic alone, from its use, and from its universality
Arguments from Sentience – consciousness and personalizes

The problem of that which is greater being implied by that which is lesser
The problem of identity, division and wholeness; composition
The problem of Event Horizons
The problem of Limiting factors

Wittgenstein Fideism
Cartesian Rationalism
Kantian Agnosticism
Barthian Dogmatism

There are two functions of apologetics. The first is internal to the
people of God in keeping doctrine pure and clarifying it in the light
of Scripture. The second is to refute the claims of unbelief. Both are
necessary. The first defines the ground that is to be defended and the
second a) gives reason for our faith for the purpose of evangelism, b)
leaves the unbeliever without excuse and c) confirms the hearts of
believers.

In this episode we do both on a practical level, looking at arguments
that are commonly encountered and using actual examples from recent
internet media. First is
A response to the video "Why I hate religion, but love Jesus" and the
second is a refutation of the claims of Dr. Isaac Richmond regarding
Christianity as "the slave-holder's religion". Host Lindsay Brooks is
joined by Joe Young and Minister Arthur Daniels.

In with the new year and out with the old as the Apologetics.com Staff
talk about the accomplishments of the last year, and what the new year
has in store for the ADC team, with:

Harry Edwards
Bruce Paolozzi
Candace Jackson
Mikel Del Rosario
Richard Park and Apologetics.com U.K.
Andy Steiger of Apologetics.com Canada
and Christopher Neiswonger

Also with special guests Rich Bordner and Pastor Philip George of
Calvary Presbyterian Church of Glendale.

On December 15, 2011, Christopher Hitchens, one of the most prominent voices in the New Atheist camp, past away. However, it is certain that Hitchens' influence will continue to be felt for years to come. Through his books, debates, interviews, editorials and any other medium he could connect through, Hitchens clearly communicated his message in a manner that is equal parts witty and scathing.

In this podcast, staff apologist Sam Welbaum has a conversation with his friend and fellow PhD student Kile Jones on the life and thought of Christopher Hitchens. As an atheist, Kile finds much in Hitchens that resonates with his understanding of the world, and as a Christian, Sam does not. The conversation is a friendly one, with strong points of disagreement, focused centrally around issues in Hitchens' work God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Topics discussed involve Hitchens' life, death bed conversions, the morality or immorality of God, the Christian understanding of heaven and belief and reason, among others.

CNN recently re-aired a documentary on the person of Jesus Christ ("CNN Presents: Mystery of Jesus" on 12-24-2011 3:00pm EST, see the link below for more information and the transcript). The broadcast depicts mystery surrounding the historical life of Jesus. The comforting and familiar narrating voice of Liam Neeson asks: "Who was Jesus the man? Why is the greatest story ever told also the greatest mystery never solved?." It features biblical scholars (including Bart Erhman, author of Forged) who guide the show along advising on the tough questions that many today may be facing. Unfortunately, the program seems to provoke more skepticism than answers. While surfacing engaging historical issues, in the end, the viewer is left with some knowledge, a lot of blind faith (for those religious types), and more questions than they had before they began.
But upon historical reflection, what puzzle is actually pieced together? Did Jesus even exist? Did Jesus claim to be God? How probable is it that he was lying? Could he have been crazy? Was he really God? Was he really the Messiah?

Join Jeremy Livermore, Steve Tsai, Harry Edwards, and Sam Welbaum as they discuss the many conclusive evidences for Jesus' existence, his revealing claims, his God-man nature, and his Messianic identity.

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1112/24/cp.01.html CNN PRESENTS: The Mystery of Jesus. Exploring the stories and questions surrounding Jesus, CNN Presents uses research techniques, medical modeling, and analysis from biblical scholars to try to answer: When was Jesus born – and was it in Bethlehem? What did he look like? And how did he really die? From Nazareth to Galilee to Jerusalem, this documentary, narrated by Liam Neeson, recreates Jesus’ largely unknown early life as a young Jewish boy, and then probes the mysteries of his betrayal, trial, execution, and the miracle of his resurrection. (originally aired on April 8, 2004)

On December 8th, 2007 at its annual convention, the Diocese of San Joaquin took an historic step and voted to disassociate from The Episcopal Church.

The presenting issue, the ordination of openly homosexual clergy, is also a presenting issue in the current exodus from the Presbyterian Church in the USA by congregations and entire presbyteries which see this issue as indicative of the more foundational issue of the abandonment of the authority of the Bible.

Similarly, the American Baptist Churches Pacific Southwest Region withdrew from fellowship with the ABC(USA) in 2006, and the Southern Baptist Convention withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance a year earlier over the ABC(USA)’s refusal “to deal with the acceptance of churches with lax policies on homosexuality in the denomination,� according to the Baptist Press.

Stories like these force us to ask the question, “When is a Christian required to break fellowship with an ostensibly Christian body?�

As a case study in how one group of churches viewed their responsibility to the truth of Scripture, Host Lindsay Brooks discusses the Diocese of San Joaquin’s disassociation with the Episcopal Church with John-David Schofield, the IVth Bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin who retired on October 22, 2011, and the Pastor of St. John Anglican Church in Petaluma, CA, Rev. David Miller.

When last we checked, the Great Commission was unchanged. We are to go
and "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
all that [Jesus] commanded." But unique to our time are the particular
challenges brought by a global society, technology, and the fact the
visible church is in decline numerically and theologically. Meanwhile,
the New Atheism has added a strident voice against Christ and
skepticism, formerly a sign of a failed worldview, has risen as the
only truly "humble" way to view knowledge.

Yet faithful men still plant churches and work for the renewal of
established churches in order to fulfill the high calling of the
proclamation of the Gospel. To help us get a glimpse into how that is
being done and what it means to be Christian in the 21st century,
Pastor Daryl McKillian and Minister Arthur Daniels of Victory
Christian Fellowship, a new church plant, and Rev. Philip George of
Calvary Presbyterian Church of Glendale join Lindsay Brooks to explore
how these challenges are being met.

This show is about climate change, its effects on the planet, our lives (if any) and see if it engenders a proper response from responsible citizens of the world. It's a topic seldom discussed in Christian circles, much less a developed theological grounding for it.

So what does climate change and apologetics have to do with one another? That's a fair question; and there are good answers to it. One way to look at this is to connect the study of apologetics with the study of world views. That's not a stretch at all. In fact you've heard us talk about the idea of worldviews a lot on this show; it's a way to view the world. We all have one whether we know it or not. To give it a simple definition, a worldview is a conceptual scheme through which we interpret reality. Apologetics is always connected to this idea of worldview thinking. This is the reason why apologists seem to have an opinion about everything. Now whether they're right about it or not is another matter.

Now something as big a topic as Climate Change or Global Warming certainly cannot go unnoticed. It's almost always on the news, media, politics, movies, etc. There's a good chance your neighbor or co-worker has an opinion on this topic, perhaps even a strong one. It would be irresponsible if thoughtful Christians didn't know anything about this topic. And that's why we've have chosen to begin this conversation.

We hope to cover at least four areas related to climate change: (1) Define Climate Change, History and Context; (2) Science behind it; (3) Theocentric view as opposed to the others; (4) Practical ways to care for our planet.

To help move the conversation along I'm joined with my good friends Steve Tsai, Jeremy Livermore, Sam Welbaum and our special guest Leslie Wickman.

Sodom and Gomorrah, there are few cities in antiquity as infamous. Their names have become synonymous with sin and God’s judgment, a place so vile that God destroyed not only them, but also all “the cities of the plain�(Gen 18-19). But did these cities really exist? Is Sodom and Gomorrah fact or fiction? Join staff apologist Andy Steiger and Dr. Steven Collins, the Dean of the College of Archaeology and Biblical History at Trinity South Western University, as they discuss the sensational findings at Tall El-Hammam. Dr. Collins is the Chief Archaeologist & Co-Director of the Tall El- Hammam excavation project in Jordan, a site that has gained considerable attention recently as the location of Sodom and Gomorrah, demonstrating the authenticity of the biblical text. Learn about the finds, the National Geographic show coming out on it and how you can get your hands dirty take part in unearthing this Biblical history.

Dr. Collins was one of the keynote speakers at the Apologetics Canada Conference 2011, presented by Apologetics.com. For information on next year’s Apologetics Canada Conference taking place on March 9th-10th, 2012 in Vancouver, BC visit www.apologeticscanadaconference.com. Tickets go on sale in November!

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