Apologetics can be both an offensive tool and a defensive one. Offensive is geared to help the Christians while apologetics as defense is used to respond to objections. Here's John Frame's take on the subject.
Here's the case for why it would be beneficial for you or anyone to know who Bart Ehrman is, what he says, and why people listen to him. Ehrman is popular, influential, and respected and cannot be brushed off. Dealing with the topics he talks about, gives Christians an excellent springboard into the trustworthiness of the New Testament and responding to critiques about it.
Today's short clip comes from episode 99 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/EbVNz4ri6-4
Links:
00-33 - Lydia McGrew Interview - Part 1 - https://youtu.be/uMIa_94gIGQ
00-40 - Lydia McGrew Interview - Part 2 - https://youtu.be/PKY5rlM40iA
Today's short clip comes from episode 98 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/abhNEhMcRnI
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We look at the important point of the outcome we're looking to achieve. A theodicy must include two main answers in order to be worth its salt as an answer to the problem of evil.
TIMELINE:
00:00 - Is A Theodicy Still Possible?
02:24 - Two Criteria A Theodicy Must Have
03:47 - All Evil Must Have A Good Reason To Exist
07:32 - All The Good Accomplished Must Be Worth It
Today's short clip comes from episode 145 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/uBaQvo-ACKk
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This is a clip from our upcoming interview with Greg Koukl, author of "Tactics - A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions". We turn the tables on Greg and force him to go up against his most famous tactic - The Columbo Tactic!
The interview will go live on 11/09 and can be found on YouTube, any of the major podcast outlets, or our website @ www.cavetothecross.com/ep97
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Scripture consistently shows the subverting of expectations that God engages in. The usual unusual way God deals with evil is by using unexpected means. He chooses the second born or the liar or the weakest person. Or He enters into His creation so that He can once and for all end the domain of sin and death and its hold on humanity.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 172 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/b1Yvpfjs6uk
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The term "metaphysics" might seem like one of those scary words that only the eggheads use (true); the term just means what is the nature of all reality. What is it that makes the things we are and experience the things they are? The Christian worldview necessitates and calls for a drastically different take than what most scientists claim.
But why is that? When the establishment wants to say that all reality can be traced back to non-personal entities, the Christian worldview not only comes in conflict with that but also why the other side would want to and need to say the opposite.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - Christianity Is Philosophy & Good News
05:30 - No Separation Of Church & State
11:31 - Christianity As Metaphysics In 3 Parts
12:20 - The Nature Of All Reality
14:58 - The Great Question Confronting Us On What Is Fundamental
18:37 - The Consequences Of Both Views
25:23 - The Survey Of Scientists Says...Only One?
31:54 - Christianity Explains Why Man Only Wants To See The Impersonal
36:51 - The Creator-Creature Distinction
40:21 - Conclusion
LINKS:
Lost In The Math Book Review - https://cavetothecross.com/blog/lost-in-math/
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The structure of storytelling is a universal concept. It is shared across cultures, time settings, and people groups. God tells the ultimate story. God's story of redemption, which also includes evil, is the source of this storytelling desire. It is a shared characteristic we have with the First Author.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 163 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/tp0imFHpNmg
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Just put your Bible down and do not reference anything you know about God. Now let's see if God exists. Well, how do you have any idea what God is? Who He is? What's He like? And to what extent He is on anything? Christians shouldn't be neutral and can't be. And no one else can be.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 194 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/bC35UZAnAcU
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When discussing moral objections to anything the other side should be willing to give you a definition of morality that gives morality a push to something outside of personal preferences. If the discussion is about personal preferences then the conversation about abortion is the same as having a conversation about preferred ice cream flavors.
Today's short clip comes from episode 88 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/Bpzr964pV_o
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Tactics by Greg Koukl
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A mind is a terrible thing to waste. But, where did all these minds come from and what are the worldview implications of them? Did minds arise from nothing or are their source derived from the Ultimate Mind?
00:00 - God & Mind
00:17 - Reason Must Come From A Mind - God's
05:17 - Atheism Can't Account For Minds
06:53 - Christianity Gives The Best Reason For The Mind
LINKS
01-02 - Eric Hernandez Discussion On The Soul As Evidence For God - https://youtu.be/W9H6EwRl7B0?t=2025
Today's short clip comes from episode 127 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/tW8D_AGeDbM
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