Posts Tagged ‘Apologetics’
Ep. 049: The Historical Jesus
Powered by RedCircle How can we know Jesus rose again? It’s the week before Christmas, and people may be thinking What’s Christmas all about anyway? To help answer this on a very logical level is popular Christian apologist Sean McDowell. Sean helps show us how we can believe in the historical Jesus – that He…
Read MoreEp. 098: Still a Christian (Despite the Arguments)
Powered by RedCircle When it comes to science, philosophy, and reason, does it make sense to believe in Christianity? Well, yes. Justin Brierley joins us on the show this week to talk about his book Unbelievable? Why After Ten Years of Talking With Atheists I’m Still a Christian.
Read MoreNo, You Don’t Need to Be an Expert
I Feel Stupid I become easily intrigued and fascinated when it comes to apologetic arguments. Whenever I listen to or watch apologists, I often think, “Wow! I definitely didn’t know that!” For the Christian, apologetics can certainly be an effective source of encouragement in the faith. Yet, I’ve also felt something else: stupid. I know…
Read MoreEp. 104: The Reliable Bible
Many questions arise when one considers the Bible. For example, “Why are there contradictions?” “If this is really the Word of God, why isn’t it clearer?” and “Why are we putting so much trust in these books when they’re not even the originals, but copies of copies of copies?” These are valid questions that many people ask. They’re also questions that many get hung up on. We get it. That’s why we wanted to go to a scholar for the last two weeks to help us work through them. Dr. Andreas Köstenberger joins us this week to help us think critically about these skeptical questions. You can listen to our first conversation with Andreas here.
Read MoreEp. 103: Does God Even Care?
“How can God be good if there’s so much suffering in the world?” This is an age-old question that’s caused much conversation over the years – and we want to add to it. This week we will begin airing a mini 2-week series with Dr. Andreas Köstenberger. The purpose of these two weeks is to take popular skeptical and atheistic assertions that seemingly “debunk” God, the Bible, and Jesus, and see if they’re legit. This week we tackle the issue of God and suffering, as well as the question “Who picked the New Testament books, and where’d they come from?”
Read MoreEp. 101: Engaging the Historical Jesus
Powered by RedCircle It’s Christmas, which means people will (hopefully) be thinking about Jesus. What do the majority of Canadians (Christian or not) think about Jesus? What can we know about Jesus that’s not from the Bible? What’s so important about His death? Is it true that He really rose from the dead? These are…
Read MoreEp. 218: Why Apologetics?
Why Apologetics? Why is it so important? Is this something we should be thinking about more, or less? How do we find the balance? Is there a balance?
Read MoreEp. 217: Missing the Point of Christianity
If being a Christian means a quick trip to Church every Sunday morning, then you may be missing the point of Christianity.
Read MoreEp. 216: The Future of Christianity in Canada
What does the future of Christianity look like? Or the next ten years? Admittedly, that’s a difficult question but it’s one that we touch on this week.
Read MoreEp. 130: The Reliability of the New Testament
Perhaps you don’t read the Bible because you don’t think it’s reliable. It’s amazing what studying the Bible’s reliability can do for the skeptic and Christian alike. For the skeptic, it challenges their presupposed ideas that have been hammered in their minds from the Discovery Channel, and for the Christian, it strengthens their faith in God and encourages them to read and meditate more often. It’s a privilege to chat with Simon Peacock this week, a young Christian leader who’s taken upon himself the study of the New Testament’s reliability. We ask him about the need to study the Bible’s reliability, what some of the best arguments are for it (and against it), as well as how we can use what we’ve studied in our evangelism.
Read MoreWhy I Have Faith in God and His Word
Faith? I’ve been told that Matt Dillahunty, host of the Atheist Experience TV Show, defines faith as the excuse/reason people give when they believe something without sufficient evidence. Does this definition work for Christians? Or rather, any person who believes in the supernatural? I believe faith is not simply blindly choosing to believe that…
Read MoreTell the Truth
From one Christian to another, I beg you, tell the truth. I live in an urban city in North America, and I can confidently say that many people don’t necessarily change their lives or worldviews based on truth alone. Looking around, there seems to be another piece of the criteria that’s required in order for…
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