Some people elevate science to the level that they believe it is the only way to truth. If something isn't scientifically provable or testable, they say, then it is unknowable or irrelevant. In this episode, I am going to discuss this view of s

Faith and Reason

Mar 30th, 2022 1h 17m

Popular atheists claim that "faith" is believing something you know to be false or believing in spite of the evidence, but this is not what Christianity teaches about the relation between faith and reason. In this episode, I will survey histori

The Bible and Evil

Mar 23rd, 2022 1h 35m

Traditional answers to the problem of evil show why God might allow evil, but they leave many questions unanswered. So, in this episode, I discuss what the Bible has to say about why there is evil in the world. Specifically, I show what the Bib

Theodicies

Mar 16th, 2022 1h 21m

The existence of evil in this world is a large barrier for many people considering whether the God of theism exists. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, then why do bad things happen? In this video, I discuss several theodicies (

The Problem of Evil

Mar 9th, 2022 1h 13m

If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, then many people think that evil should not exist in the world. If God wants to eliminate evil and has the power to do so, then why does God allow evil? In this episode, I am going to discuss t

Destiny of the Unevangelized

Mar 2nd, 2022 1h 7m

If salvation is only available through Jesus Christ, then what happens to people who never hear about the gospel before they die? In this episode, I will discuss several Christian answers to this question and explain why I think one of the view

Religious Pluralism

Feb 23rd, 2022 1h 14m

It is claimed that all religions are the same at the core, so it doesn't matter what people believe as long as they believe in something. However, this claim involves the misconception that religions are simply meant to help people live moral l

Inerrancy and Inspiration of the Bible

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 11m

It is claimed that believers cannot view the Bible as the word of God without being guilty of using circular reasoning. So, in this episode, I will discuss how the three-step apologetic method provides a way around this circularity problem and

The Modern Trilemma Argument

Feb 9th, 2022 1h 38m

The truth of Jesus' resurrection is the basis of Christianity, and in this episode, I will defend Jesus' resurrection using the Modern Trilemma Argument. I discuss the argument, show how it is defended, and then discuss how it answers objection

The Resurrection of Jesus

Feb 2nd, 2022 56m 48s

The three-step apologetic method culminates in defending the historicity of Jesus' resurrection, and in this episode, I will survey three arguments for Jesus' resurrection. I will briefly introduce each argument and discuss reasons why I will f

The Synoptic Problem

Jan 26th, 2022 57m 34s

Although there is evidence that the New Testament manuscripts and writers are reliable, there seem to be several places in the Synoptic Gospels where the authors are contradicting each other. In this episode, I will discuss several concepts tha

Jesus’ Self-Understanding

Jan 19th, 2022 43m 59s

Some people have claimed that Jesus never said He was God, so in this episode, I discuss several claims Jesus made about Himself that are found in the Bible. Namely, I show that Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Son of God, and the Son of Ma

The New Testament Writers

Jan 13th, 2022 1h 7m

In this episode, I discuss how the New Testament writings (and other extra-biblical sources) provide evidence that the New Testament authors wrote reliable, eyewitness accounts of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Here I will explain

The New Testament Manuscripts

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 23m

In this episode, I discuss how the New Testament manuscripts provide evidence that we are certain that we have the original words that the New Testament authors wrote when describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here I wil

Historical Knowledge

Dec 8th, 2021 1h 6m

In this episode, I argue that we can have objective knowledge of past events. After discussing the beginnings of modern historical methods, I explain the view of historical knowledge called historical relativism, consider arguments for it, and

The Possibility of Miracles

Dec 1st, 2021 1m 4s

In this episode, I will discuss why the possibility of miracles is so important when transitioning from defending God's existence to defending Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. I will explain and answer several objections to the possibility

The Argument from Reason

Nov 24th, 2021 59m 1s

In this episode, I discuss a few objections to mind-body dualism and then explain and defend two arguments showing that it is self-defeating to believe that physicalism is true.

Arguments for the Soul

Nov 17th, 2021 51m 38s

In this episode, I discuss and defend two arguments for the existence of the soul that are against property dualism and for mind-body dualism. These arguments are known as the conceivability argument and the argument from unity and the first-pe

Mind-Body Dualism

Nov 10th, 2021 50m 27s

In this episode, I discuss mind-body dualism, which is the view that a human being has both a physical body and an immaterial soul. I discuss mind-body dualism, contrast it with physicalism, and then I explain and defend two arguments against p

The Moral Argument

Nov 3rd, 2021 1h 3m

This episode presents and defends the moral argument for God's existence, which is the argument that says that moral values and duties can only be objectively true if God exists. In this episode, I will defend the argument and discuss how to an

Ethical Relativism and Ethical Objectivism

Oct 27th, 2021 1h 16m

This episode defines and discusses ethical relativism and ethical objectivism. Several types of ethical relativism are explained and arguments for and against relativism are surveyed. Ultimately, it is shown that ethical relativism is not ratio

Argument from Fine-Tuning

Oct 20th, 2021 46m 15s

This episode discusses the argument from fine-tuning, which is a design argument for God's existence that emphasizes the cosmological constants found in nature and concludes that the best explanation for these constants is a powerful, intellige

Design Arguments

Oct 13th, 2021 46m 39s

Like my video on cosmological arguments, this video will introduce design arguments and briefly survey three major formulations of the design argument. Arguments covered are Aquinas's Fifth Way, William Paley's Watchmaker Analogy, and the Argum

Kalam Cosmological Argument

Oct 6th, 2021 1h 30m

This episode provides an analysis of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. I explain how the argument is defended and then briefly mention some objections to the argument and how they can be answered. There is much more to this argument, but this ep