https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-9th-Book-Announcement.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Our 9th Book Announcement A very blurry Patrick (if you’re watching the video) announces the 9th book that’s going to […]

Patrick had the pleasure of being a guest on the Tulips And Honey Podcast with Lauren and Becca.  The trio discuss the appropriate way and place to respond to false teachers and heresies.  They present the biblical definition of these theological words as well as the Scriptural basis where we see the writers of the New Testament encourage confronting false teachers and encouraging those newer to the faith to turn away from bad doctrine like the Word of Faith movement.

This week’s installment is “Five Views on Apologetics” by Gary Habermas, William Lane Craig, Paul D. Feinberg, Kelly James Clark, John M. Frame.  This is a really interesting book in an interesting book series “Counterpoint Series”.  It brings five powerhouses of apologetics in conversation over what is the best way to do apologetics.  Each person presents a positive case for their preferred way and the others respond in critique and then a final response from the original presenter.  It is amazing these authors brought together on this subject.

We also present a little bit on a larger book in a similar subject and style from two authors categorizing apologetic methods and their development – “Faith Has Its Reasons” by Kenneth Boa and Robert M. Bowman Jr.

Just a fun response video to our friends at the Tulips & Honey podcast.  Patrick got called out to give some answers to questions he posed to the ladies.  This doesn’t need to be counted as a regular episode and we’ll continue the normal Monday morning posts.

This week’s installment is “Defending Inerrancy” by Norman Geisler and William Roach.  Their assertion is that belief in biblical inerrancy is one of the major factors of a seminary falling into liberalism.  In this book, the authors present the Chicago Statement on biblical inerrancy.  From there they respond to critical responses to it and positive cases for the doctrine.

For the first installment, we introduce to you “The Heresy Of Orthodoxy” by Michael J. Kruger & Andreas J. Köstenberger.  If you’ve ever read or heard anyone reference Bart Ehrman and his take on where the New Testament came from you’ve interacted with the Walter Bauer theory that Ehrman adapts.  The book attempts to refute the idea that at first there was what we now consider “heresy” and it only became “orthodoxy” after the might made it right.

In this episode, we take a deeper look into Detective Wallace’s process of establishing the Gospels as credible eye witness testimony. He then responds to how he deals with evaluating the possibility of supernatural causes in everyday life. We, of course, have to talk about how he responds to presuppositionalists and also the great case for morality Christians have. We finish up with a charge and challenge from Detective Wallace on always being ready to give a defense for the hope we have.

In this first part of the interview, we discuss what Detective Wallace’s background is and what led him to start questioning the claims of Christianity.  He talks about using his approach for looking at the veracity and claims of the biblical Gospels and how the Gospels differ from the Book Of Mormon.  Finally, we discuss some responses from critics of the Gospels.

The final chapter of Dr. Mitch Stoke’s book. We want to thank Dr. Stokes for his work and for coming on our show (Ep.33 & 34). We also want to thank you all for watching/listening and sharing the links to such an interesting subject. Stay tuned for more!

We look at further implications of nihilism. If all life is pain, why not just end it now? What is an atheist to do with living nihilisticly? And of course, we cover the Christian theist response and the better explanation to the concept of moral truth.

We look at the consistent outcome of naturalism when it comes to morality – that of nihilism. Because definitions are important, we cover the definition of nihilism as there seems to be some misunderstanding of what it is and what it isn’t. We then look at why nihilism should result from belief in naturalism and the implications nihilism brings forth.

In this second part of the interview, Dr. Murphy talks about where economic truth derives from.  If the Fall never occurred would economic principles still stand? Then we talk about some of the weird stances people can have when applying economic principles to other parts of their lives.

Dr. Murphy and Patrick have a discussion on the similarities Austrian Economics has with Presuppositional Apologetics.  Dr. Murphy gives some advice to Christians from an economic standpoint & encourages other Christians to learn economics as part of God’s ordered universe.

In this first part of the interview, Dr. Murphy talks about what economics is and why Christians should care.  We also discuss the fact that the Christian worldview accounts for economic theories.  We also talk about the application of Austrian Economic theory, a theory based on presuppositional claims, when it comes to showing that slavery is not only immoral but a terrible economic decision. 

We look at Dr. Stokes’ take on the divine command theory to ground morality in an objective state and answer the objections to the infamous Euthyphro dilemma. The biggest argument is that the commands God gives appear to be arbitrary. In some ways that appear to be the case, however, God being God and not man requires us to look at the issue more closely.

We look at Dr. Stokes’ take on the divine command theory to ground morality in an objective state. This, of course, brings up the infamous Euthyphro dilemma. The argument is one that many bring up when objecting to the claim that God can coherently be the source of morality. In this episode, we cover the introduction to the dilemma and next episode we’ll cover the refutations of the objections.

We talk about our salvation story, how we met, what our show is about, and how we picked the name “Cave To The Cross Apologetics”.  We also cover topics like why Christians should be readers, Christians need to learn from their history, Christian living, and what books we recommend and don’t.  We also engage in some tomfoolery that is completely to blame on Lauren & Becca. 

We finish up this chapter with the discussion of Dr. Stokes’ critique of values when it comes to morality. If naturalism is true, there seems to be a lot of issues that result in understanding what values are and therefore what moral imperatives are. This is a lead up to his main argument of why the Christian God offers a better alternative to naturalism in making sense of moral reality.

We once again slow down to cover an important part of Dr. Mitch Stokes’ argument.  We want to be clear in our presentation of his arguments. While a non-careful reader could see Stokes going down the route of making a post-modernist argument this chapter and the next really set up his entire point of the need to ground morality in God and not in the case of naturalism.

In Chapter 15 we go over Dr. Stoke’s critique of Sam Harris’ well-being theory for objective morality.  It does appear that what Harris claims is objective is just another subjective standard.

In this second part of chapter 14, we continue to look at Sam Harris’ attempt to use well-being as an objective grounds for morality.  We look at well-being from a standpoint of whether it’s a moral good or more of a prudential good (a good thing to do rather than being good in and of itself).

We take this chapter a little slower since there are some big concepts to understand.  We look at Sam Harris’ attempt to define morality as being concerned with a creature’s well-being.  This measurable value gives morality a scientific component and allows it to be measured and objective.

Has Harris done what David Hume failed to do and given atheists a very big weapon in combating the claims of Christians?  That’s what we cover in this and the next two episodes.

Ethics is the principles by which people act morally. If the world is guided by evolution, where does morality come from? How do we make sense of what seems to be a strong desire to understand right and wrong? Does science hold the key to living our best atheist life now?

In this chapter, Mitch Stokes wants to clear up some misconceptions that both sides of moral realism seem to perpetuate.

Atheists need to provide a reason why anyone should be good. Some Christians insinuate that atheists should just go around being completely amoral. Both sides sometimes take part is talking past each other because morality is such an important and strongly felt topic.

We also get into what our friend, David Hume, attempted to form as his basis for a moral foundation. We then take that apart.

We come to the 3rd and final section of our book.  We open to the concept of morality and how the atheistic worldview deals with it.  With atheism, naturalism is the concept through which one looks at the world and all facts with.  Naturalism says nature is all there is – property and causes all have natural explanations.

So you can see where naturalism might have a little problem with the concept of objective moral standards.  How can one test that murder, rape, and lying are evil when those aren’t physical things?  And what is the Christian explanation?  Where should we stand?

We close the science section of the book with the discussion about whether or not science could even attempt to tell us whether or not God exists. But does the belief in God root itself scientifically and does it have an impact? We discuss!

Don’t worry – we start off explaining what metaphysics is and why it’s important. We then go in and discuss the failure of natural physicists to try and explain metaphysics using only a physics-based approach. We get partial and also discuss in what way people do come to their belief in God. Then we cap it off by asking the question, “Why does God allow us to fail in science?”.

Is this episode we attempt to explain…string theory! We also look at the strained relationship between general relativity and quantum mechanics and the trouble both are in. Oh, and that idea that scientists have this brilliant idea of making science look smart and logical – ya, seems like the best idea they have right now to find a working theory is to look for theories with beauty and elegance to them. A sober skeptic should have a correct understanding of how scientists work and look at their so call conclusions about God with skepticism if they can’t tell us what the physical universe looks like.

We take a look at the two most current theories of science, general relativity and quantum mechanics.  Those have to be the ones that are revealing truth to us!  Those are the cutting edge of discovery to how the universe functions and what it is made up of.  And those scientists tell us there is no God and no need for God.  Well except for the pesky fact that the scientists who came up with those theories don’t believe those theories are true…oh and both theories are diametrically opposed to each other. What was it they said about God again?

Alright, look!  Science may be hard and it may not be as sterile as we think it is, but look at what science has given us!  You can’t argue with success, right?  Well, sure, we have technology and answers that advance theories.  But – haven’t we always had that even when the theories turned out to be wrong?  Can a theory work without actually being true?  That’s the topic of the chapter we cover in this part one of two episode.

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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-24-How-To-Be-An-Atheist-Ch.5-Photoshopped-Science.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Today’s episode is of Chapter 5 of  “How To Be An Atheist” by Mitch Stokes (Amazon Link – https://amzn.to/2DVJmw6). This […]

https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-23-How-To-Be-An-Atheist-Ch.4-Science-The-Humean-Condition.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Today’s episode is of Chapter 4 of  “How To Be An Atheist” by Mitch Stokes (Amazon Link – https://amzn.to/2DVJmw6). We […]

Today’s episode is of Chapter 3 of  “How To Be An Atheist” by Mitch Stokes. Dr. Stokes looks at two prominent scientists that have attempted to create theories that try to explain away both God and philosophy.  Stokes looks at Stephen Hawkings and Laurence Krauss’ theories of the universe. 

Today we announce what our second book is. To get a copy and help support the show check out the link here – https://amzn.to/2DVJmw6