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Pros & Cons Of Presuppositionalism Reformed Apologetics – Ep.270 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation – Part 2

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Summary Of Presuppositional Reformed Apologetics – Ep.269 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation – Part 1

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The Centrality Of Scripture For Life’s Big Questions – Ep.268 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Taking Every Thought Captive – Part 2

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Scripture Is The Foundation For Everything – Ep.267 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Taking Every Thought Captive – Part 1

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Biblical Standards For Science, History, & Experience – Ep.266 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Christianity In Conflict – Part 2

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Biblical Standards For Theology & Philosophy – Ep.265 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Christianity In Conflict – Part 1

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The Founders Of Reformed Apologetics – Ep.264 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Reformed Apologetics – Part 2

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Apologists Who Emphasize Revelation – Ep.263 – Faith Has Its Reasons – Reformed Apologetics – Part 1

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Interview On Anatomy Of The Church And State Podcast

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Book 10 Announcement

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The Apologetics Of The Noetic Effects – Ep.236 – Apologetics By John Frame – Appendix – Part 2

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Ligonier Vs. Van Til – Ep.235 – Apologetics By John Frame – Appendix – Part 1

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John Frame’s TAG Argument – Ep.217 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 4

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TAG, Trinity, & Negative Arguments – Ep.216 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 3

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Questioning TAG – Ep.215 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 2

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Accepting Evidence – Ep.213 – Apologetics By John Frame – Some Methodological Considerations – Part 2

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Every Thought Captive – Ep.211 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Message Of The Apologist – Part 2

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The Nature Of All Reality – Ep.210 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Message Of The Apologist – Part 1

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Evidence & Presuppositionalism – Ep.209 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Basics – Part 2

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The Basics Of Apologetics – Ep.208 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Basics – Part 1

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The Need To Clarify And Encourage – Ep. 207 – Apologetics By John Frame – Preface

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Introducing John Frame & Apologetics – Ep. 206 – Apologetics By John Frame – Preface

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Borrowing From The Christian Worldview – Ep.195 – Against All Opposition – Unbelievers Are Not Neutral And Christians Shouldn’t Be – Part 2

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No One Is Neutral, No Not One – Ep.194 – Against All Opposition – Unbelievers Are Not Neutral And Christians Shouldn’t Be – Part 1

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Apologetics Effects Affect – Ep. 193 – Talk Given To The Michigan Apologetics Network

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Take Every Thought Captive – Ep.188 – Against All Opposition – Reasoning As A Christian Should

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Facts Don’t Change Hearts – Ep.187 – Against All Opposition – Foundational Faith

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The War Between Faiths – Ep.186 – Against All Opposition – It’s Impossible To Think Without Presuppositions – Part 2

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Where Everyone Starts Thinking – Ep.185 – Against All Opposition – It’s Impossible To Think Without Presuppositions – Part 1

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All Have Faith In Their Reasons – Ep.184 – Against All Opposition – Faith Or Reason?

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At The Center Of Every Worldview – Ep.183 – Against All Opposition – Preface & Intro

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TAG Christianity Is It – Ep. 138 – Dr. James Anderson Interview

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Jesus Is God – Ep. 133 – Why Should I Believe Christianity? – God With Us – Part 2

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Andreas Köstenberger Interview – Ep. 124 – Andreas Köstenberger Interview

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Worldview Of Christianity – Ep. 119 – Why Should I Believe Christianity – The Big Picture – Part 1

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Skepticism – Ep. 118 – Why Should I Believe Christianity – Introduction – Why Believe? – Part 2

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Ep. 101 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Is God Immoral Because Of Suffering – Part 2

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Covering the second part of Bart Ehrman’s critique of the Bible’s explanation for the existence of evil and suffering, we cover a few critiques of the critiques. Ehrman doesn’t seem to like the reasons the Bible gives and doesn’t find them satisfying. He also finds them contradictory. There are answers there and hopefully, this gives Christians better motivation to understand the doctrines they hold to in order to be able to give answers to someone even if they are as prolific and impressive as Ehrman is.

Ep. 99 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Introduction

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Covering the introduction, we cover a bit more of Bart Ehrman and his work. Ehrman claims Christian scholarship has presuppositions going into the subject of New Testament scholarship. Ehrman, however, also has presuppositions whether he admits them or not. We also talk about the desired one should have to present alternative viewpoints in scholarship and present them in the best light to respond to them. Finally, we suggest a few additional free resources.

Ep. 94 – Tactics – Inside Out

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If (or since) the Christian message is true, there are certain outcomes that stem from that starting point. One of those is that all people have in them the Imago Dei or “Image of God” and are imbued with certain universals. It is one of the reasons presuppositionalists want to speak to that realization when talking with unbelievers. With this inside quality making its way outside in people’s thinking and action, we can use this tactic to speak to that.

Ep. 89 – Tactics – Taking The Roof Off

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In this section, we look at evaluating the lens through which people see the world – through their worldview. Greg Koukl suggests that we, for the sake of argument, adopt their worldview and see where it might take us. Evaluating worldviews is a staple of the presuppositions model and a strong tool in a dialogue between opposing worldviews.

Ep. 76 – Finding Truth – How Critical Thinking Saves Faith

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We wrap up Professor Pearcey’s book with a challenge to Christians and to the Church. That challenge is to stand firm on the Word of God as you say that you do, learn and use critical thinking skills that God encourages us to use, and to go into the world preaching the Good News of the Gospel.

Ep. 75 – Finding Truth – Free-Loading Atheists – Part 2

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We finish up Principle 5 by continuing to present examples of atheists freely admitting to stealing from Christianity’s superior worldview. So much so that non-theists attempt to elbow into areas addressed previously by Christianity – including atheist churches. Along with a warning about scientism, Christians are encouraged to present the Gospel with love and respect.

Ep. 74 – Finding Truth – Free-Loading Atheists – Part 1

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Onto Principle 5! We talk about how and why the Christian should present the Christian worldview as the superior and most consistent one. We then go over where the atheist(s) freely admit to stealing from the Christian worldview in order to come to the beliefs they want to rather than the outcomes their beliefs would demand.

Ep. 73 – Finding Truth – Why Worldviews Commit Suicide – Part 3

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Ep. 72 – Finding Truth – Why Worldviews Commit Suicide – Part 2

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We continue our look at the internal critique of non-Christian worldviews and focus especially on Darwin. We also see what CS Lewis has to say about belief in atheism. Finally, we talk about the benefits of the Christian worldview and how it doesn’t fail the internal critique.

Ep. 71 – Finding Truth – Why Worldviews Commit Suicide

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Principle 4 – does the worldview meet its own standard when it is applied to itself? Since non-Christian worldviews tend to be reductionistic they will be self-defeating. In this episode, we introduce the principle and why it is one of the most important tools you have in your apologetic quiver.

Ep. 69 – Nancy Pearcey Interview

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How exciting is this?! We welcome Professor Nancy Pearcey herself to the show! We talk to her about her coming to faith in Christ and her experience at L’Abri with Francis Schaeffer. Then we talk about her book we’ve been going over “Finding Truth” and talk about the book in general and in specific.

Ep. 68 – Finding Truth – Secular Leaps Of Faith – Part 3

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Finishing up the chapter, we look at the worldviews of postmodernists and its failure to account for what’s seen in the exterior world. When failing to live consistently with the belief that everyone is a robot and no one should really be held accountable for their actions, we see many fall back to wanting to believe Christianity is true but believing that it accounts for the facts too well.

Ep. 67 – Finding Truth – Secular Leaps Of Faith – Part 2

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Ep. 66 – Finding Truth – Secular Leaps Of Faith – Part 1

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Picking up on the third principle, we now look at how non-Christian worldviews don’t explain what is seen in the world. With an idol replacing God, secular worldviews come upon truths in human nature or universal makeup or within the confines of experience that it must dismiss as an illusion or explain it away as not real. The quotes taken from leaders in the field are quite shocking and honest but necessarily follows from their basic outlook on the world.

Ep. 13 – Keeping Faith In An Age Of Reason – Yes Or No – Part 1

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For this episode, Patrick and Tony go over just one question as it’s a practical way of doing apologetics as a whole.

Many people have not heard of presuppositional apologetics when it comes to defending or presenting the Christian faith. However, it is quickly becoming a more popular and helpful approach as we present the world with the truth of the Gospel.

We feel like it was important to take the time to go into more detail to this approach and why we find it so compelling.

This episode is the first part of Chapter 7 of Dr. Jason Lisle’s book, Keeping Faith in the Age of Reason (Amazon Link – https://amzn.to/2UqI16I).

This chapter deals with supposed opposite yes or no answers The Bible presents. However, we will see that contradictions do not abound.

Ep. 01 – Keeping Faith In An Age Of Reason – Introduction – Part 1

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Dr. Lisle’s book covers 420 different alleged Bible contradictions in a nice referenced guide book. The series will go over the way Dr. Lisle approaches different types of objections and expand upon certain ones throughout the book.

Ep. 00 – Introduction

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Two Christians who enjoy reading and discussing philosophy do the heavy lifting. Each episode is a discussion on a book or article on philosophy, theology, or similar subject. They discuss and break down the subject material and present it in each episode. You may have wanted to read or had some interest but were intimated by the material. Join Patrick and Tony in their book discussion breaking it down sometimes chapter by chapter.

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