08Sep 2023 by Post

How to Handle a Faith That is Set Adrift | with Dr. Sean McDowell

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS When a fellow Christian confides in you that they’re “deconstructing”, what do you say and what kind of advice do you give them? Or even worse, what if YOU aren’t sure what to believe anymore? It can be normal to wrestle with lingering doubts, but this slow and steady process of disillusionment often causes many people in our culture today to completely walk away from the truth of the Christian faith. So when this happens, what’s the best way to help someone tackle those doubts without shipwrecking the saving grace of Jesus Christ? Our friend and Biola apologetics professor, Dr. Sean McDowell, is no stranger to struggling with doubt. In this week’s podcast episode, Sean…
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02Aug 2023 by Post

Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence

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As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!” Source
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27Jun 2023 by Post

 “What Is a Man?” — New Book Out Today from Nancy Pearcey

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Set aside one question of the moment — “What is a woman?” — and turn to another no less important problem that troubles our culture. Source
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19Aug 2022 by Post

A Rebel’s Manifesto | with Sean McDowell

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS Do you ever feel like you’re on complete information overload? Don’t know where to turn for help while dealing with all the bad ideas that are being thrown at you from social media? Should we be concerned when a big-name actor like Tom Holland, who seems to “have it all”, says he needs to step away from social media to take care of his mental health? What seems to be the problem? There are so many issues and so many topics to deal with…how should a Christian respond? Topics like the environment, poverty, guns, violence, immigration, artificial intelligence, sex, homosexuality, transgender ideology, pornography, abortion, bullying, suicide, assisted suicide, racial…
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04Mar 2022 by Post

How to Help Doubters

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS We have heard many stories of Christians deconstructing and deconverting their faith. So, what’s the best way to help doubters, and how can we engage seekers? In this show, Sean McDowell fills in for Frank Turek and is joined by Preston Ulmer, author of The Doubter’s Club. Together, they address these issues: – How can we practically help people who doubt?– How can we have meaningful conversations with seekers?– How did Jesus approach doubters? In this show, you will learn about “doubters clubs,” which is a movement of Christians engaging their non-Christian friends in meaningful conversation. You’ll also get to hear about how these clubs operate and what it…
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08Feb 2021 by Post

William Dembski on ID, Church Fathers, and a Problem for Atheists

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Let's celebrate the return of Casey Luskin and William Dembski to the intelligent design sphere. Source
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18Jun 2020 by Post

Chance, Necessity, and Design

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ID supporters continue to send me emails about Josh Swamidass. The latest hammers on a comment I made in 2008 at Uncommon Descent, namely: “I’ve pretty much dispensed with the EF [Explanatory Filter]. It suggests that chance, necessity, and design are mutually exclusive. They are not. Straight CSI is clearer as a criterion for design detection.” I would not write that now. In my view the filter is just fine and it neither conflates nor falsely differentiates the three modes of explanation (chance, necessity, and design). My comment back then should be seen as an unnecessary concession to critics, not as undercutting the filter per se. To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. In Jonathan Waldman’s wonderful…
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