https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Classical-Apologists-Rationally-Showing-Incoherent-Worldviews-Ep.249_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Classical Apologists Rationally Showing Incoherent Worldviews The goal of classical apologists rationally showing incoherent worldviews is being able to classify the worldview and show the deficiencies of other worldviews to the superior Christian worldview. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Rationally Incoherent Worldviews 01:34 – Pantheism Worldview Critique Example Today’s short […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-2-Possiblities-Of-What-Makes-Up-All-Reality-And-Their-Consequences-Ep.210_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download 2 Possibilities Of What Makes Up All Reality There are 2 possibilities of what makes up all reality. Every worldview tends towards one or the other. And like all worldviews, there are consequences and outcomes that stem from those possible realities. TIMELINE: 00:00 – The Great Question Confronting […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Can-You-Know-Reality-Pragmatism-Or-Skepticism-Say-Who-Cares-Ep.198.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Pragmatism Or Skepticism We go about categorizing different views on reality. This allows us to really focus on one important subject and see where the differences lie. Here is a different take. It is a worldview not based on metaphysics but one based on knowledge – in that […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Worldviews-Categorized-On-Reality-Spiritual-Monism-Ep.197.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Spiritual Monism We go about categorizing different views on reality. This allows us to really focus on one important subject and see where the difference lie. First up is Spiritual Monism. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Categorizing Worldviews 02:49 – Spiritual Monism Today’s short clip comes from episode 197 which […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Supression-Of-Truth-Still-Involves-Being-In-Contact-With-The-Truth-Ep.195.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Contact With The Truth When the unbeliever says they don’t believe in God, they are not going back to their bed and hiding under a blanket crying that they know they’re incorrect. Their suppression of the truth is what occurs and when one suppresses something it still involves […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Christians-Need-To-Point-Out-When-Others-Borrow-From-Their-Worldview-Ep.195.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Borrow From Their Worldview Since God made the world and everything in it. Since God governs the world after His own thoughts and declares truth from Himself. Since God declares what is right and wrong from His perfect standard of Himself – the entire universe cannot help but […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Christians-Dont-Deny-Facts-They-Deny-Intrepretations-Ep.188.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Christians Don’t Deny Facts – They Deny Interpretations Christians don’t close their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears, and scream when they come up against facts that seem to challenge their Christian faith or their understanding of Christianity. Christians don’t deny facts, they deny interpretations and the […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-Humans-Respond-To-Facts-That-Go-Against-Their-Worldviews-Ep.187.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download How Humans Respond To Facts How humans respond to facts is a lot less Spock and more Bones if I can use my beloved Star Trek analogy. Oh sure, for things like who’s the most reoccurring guest star in Star Trek (Majel Barrett, of course). But when it […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Best-Critique-Of-Descartes-Modern-Worldview-Ep.185.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Best Critique Of Descartes’ Modern Worldview One has to give Descartes a lot of credit. Go into a cabin in the woods for three days, say “I think therefore I am”, and come back and completely change the world. The best critique of Descartes’ modern worldview comes […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Centralized-Guide-To-How-You-Look-At-Everything-In-Your-Life-Ep.183.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Centralized Guide Did you know that some of the most important people of our time have a centralized guide that they use to filter the hardest parts of their lives through? Tech giants, scientists, billionaires, politicians! – even your mail carrier, grocery store greeter, and the old […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Christian-Response-To-Secular-Morality-A-Grounded-Standard-Ep.144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Christian Response To Secular Morality The Christian response to secular morality is also a moral realist position. However, here there is a Mind, an Objective Lawgiven, a Creator, a Revealer, a Sustainer, a Standard Bearer, a Rod, a Staff – and a Savior. Today’s short clip comes […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dr.-James-Anderson-On-How-Coherence-Beauty-Order-Point-To-The-Truth-Of-The-Christian-Worldview-Ep.138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Coherence, Beauty, & Order Dr. James Anderson goes over a part of his book, “Why Should I Believe Christianity?” that he emphasizes. That is that Christianity is a coherent worldview. He talks about why that’s important for determining if a worldview is true and what some people get […]
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