Cave To The Cross Apologetics
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The Irrationalist Rationalist – Ep.233 – Apologetics By John Frame – Apologetics As Offense – Part 1
July 10, 2023 10:05 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBThe Irrationalist Rationalist Blue 42! Blue 42! Plato! Set - Hike! John Frame takes apologetics on the offense in this chapter leading up to the end of the book. Many parts of this chapter refer back to previous chapters and we likewise suggest checking out our previous episodes in the series. Here, Frame wants us to look at how The Bible views skepticism and views it as either atheism or idolatry. Either way, the person who is an unbeliever wants to be a rationalist but he's an irrationalist...
John Frame’s Explanation For Evil – Ep.232 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Problem Of Evil A Biblical Response – Part 2
July 03, 2023 10:05 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBJohn Frame's Explanation For Evil Now we come to John Frame's explanation for evil. He wants to derive the answer not from a faceless god but from the God of The Bible. He doesn't want just a philosophical answer for evil but one derived from The Bible. Frame wants to not just look at an explanation of all the evil that has come before but a vindication for all that is occurring now and then concluded in the future. Does he do it? Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 - A New Historical Perspe...
No Obligation To Answer For Evil – Ep.231 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Problem Of Evil A Biblical Response – Part 1
June 26, 2023 10:05 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBNo Obligation To Answer For Evil We see John Frame call again for us to turn to Scripture to see what he believes is The Bible's explanation for the problem of evil. Frame surveys many parts of Scripture, both OT & NT, and finds that in the number of places where man asks God why a certain evil thing happens, God has a usual way of answering. However, as we see from God's character and transcendent position that He is under no obligation to answer. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 02:31 - God I...
Lacking Explanations For Evil – Ep.230 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Problem Of Evil What The Bible Does Not Say – Part 3
June 19, 2023 10:05 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBLacking Explanations For Evil Rounding out this chapter, Frame covers six different theodicies he says are lacking explanations for evil. Frame critiques process theologians, open theists, and even some in his Reformed camp. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:20 - Character Building Theodicy Issues 05:18 - Stable Environment Theodicy Issues 07:28 - Divine Weakness Theodicy Issues 10:39 - Indirect Cause Theodicy Issues 14:17 - The Ex Lex Theodicy Issues 19:47 - Ad Hominem Theodicy Issues 24:11 ...
Free Will To Do Evil? – Ep.229 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Problem Of Evil What The Bible Does Not Say – Part 2
June 12, 2023 10:17 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBFree Will To Do Evil? One of the most subscribed to answers to theodicy is that as humans we have free will to do evil. It is all our fault and God has nothing to do with it but can work with us in our fallen state to bring about His will. And that's all fine - well, except, there are some issues within Scripture that seem to knock it down and the implications of subscribing to the theory seems to push God a little too far out of the picture. The next couple of episodes might be on the short...
What The Bible Does Not Say About Evil – Ep.228 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Problem Of Evil 1 – Part 1
June 05, 2023 10:05 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWhat The Bible Does Not Say About Evil While this may seem like familiar territory to friends of the show, it will be interesting to see the similarities and differences presented by John Frame on the problem of evil. Starting out at looking at what The Bible say or more so, does not say about evil is where we start after defining what is evil and where to turn to. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - Apologetics As Defense 03:56 - Is There A Problem Of Evil? 06:48 - Difference Between Theo...
The Bible’s Rationale For The Gospel – Ep.227 – Apologetics By John Frame – Proving The Gospel – Part 2
May 29, 2023 10:05 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBThe Bible's Rationale For The Gospel Continuing With John Frame's proof of the Gospel (and therefore Scripture) we turn now to The Bible's rationale for the Gospel. Here we see that there is a rational basis for belief in the trust that Christians have and then we look at particular claims such as fulfilled prophecy and miracles. Frame critiques the critiques of David Hume on miracles. Finally, we look at the outcomes of miracles and show that even when one is presented, belief doesn't always...
The Bible’s Rationale For Itself – Ep.226 – Apologetics By John Frame – Proving The Gospel – Part 1
May 22, 2023 10:05 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Bible's Rationale For Itself We now move onto an important apologetic concept for John Frame and that is what The Bible's rationale for itself is. A defense of the Gospel - the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ resides in the defense of the Scriptures. Frame's take is presuppositional in nature and also critical of so-called Bible scholars involved in biblical criticism. Patrick also provides some scathing critique of a film from 2010 that kinda falls in line of what the great philo...
Cosmological And Ontological Arguments – Ep.225 – Apologetics By John Frame – Theistic Argument – Part 4
May 15, 2023 10:05 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBCosmological And Ontological Arguments Cosmological And Ontological Arguments are classic theistic arguments. They are some of the most well-known and oldest in the philosophy field. Frame's approach puts a presuppositional spin to both kinds that bolsters each point better by providing a foundation for the argument. Here, we cover the impossibility of uncaused causes in the universe. We also talk about the nature of God and the necessity of existence. We also sneak a little Austrian Economic...
Knowledge And Design – Ep.224 – Apologetics By John Frame – Theistic Argument – Part 3
May 08, 2023 10:05 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBKnowledge And Design Moving from the moral argument for God to one of knowledge and design takes us further into the traditional theistic arguments. Here, Frame presents the epistemological nature of a source that is personal and allows us to know things. The alternative explanation does not give us any reason to justify knowledge or understand why we should think the world outside of our mind is how the world actually is. From there an actual teleological argument is presented which has take...
Absolute Moral Authority – Ep.223 – Apologetics By John Frame – Theistic Argument – Part 2
May 01, 2023 10:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBAbsolute Moral Authority Last week we looked at issues when it comes to thinking moral authority is arbitrary or just happens to be. This week, Frame looks at absolute moral authority and where it comes from. Probably no surprise that God is going to be the source but do we run into circular issues by saying something is good because God decreed it and God is good because He's God? Frame tackles those claims. Timeline: Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - Moral Authority 08:57 - Where Does ...
The Moral Argument For Theism – Ep.222 – Apologetics By John Frame – Theistic Argument – Part 1
April 24, 2023 10:05 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThe Moral Argument For Theism We jump back into John Frame's Apologetics book by digging into what Frames to be valuable theistic arguments - even for presuppositionalists. After laying the foundation and critiquing agnosticism, Frame provides the start of what he considers one of the best proofs for God - the moral argument for theism. Timeline: Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 02:51 - Traditional Theistic Arguments As A Presuppositionalist 06:04 - Moral Proof For God With Presuppositional Fla...
Biblical Theology – A Canonical, Thematic, and Ethical Approach – Ep.221 – Andreas Köstenberger & Gregory Goswell Interview
April 17, 2023 10:05 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBiblical Theology - A Canonical, Thematic, and Ethical Approach We are privileged to welcome back Dr. Andreas Köstenberger and welcome Dr. Gregory Goswell as we discuss their newest book from Crossway Publishing, Biblical Theology - A Canonical, Thematic, and Ethical Approach. We talk with the good doctors about what went into the book and how the reader can best use the work. We talk about the differences (and helpfulness) between biblical theology and systematic theology. We talk about the...
The Historic Reliability Of The Resurrection – Ep.220 – Scripture Teaching
April 10, 2023 10:05 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBThe Historic Reliability Of The Resurrection We have a special episode coming up and yesterday was Easter so it makes sense to get this episode out now. Thanks for checking out these episodes that hopefully you see the next step we encourage after reading and learning from the books we've collected - using them to preach the Gospel and building the Church. Here's the historic reliability of the Resurrection for a high school audience. TIMELINE: 00:00 - Introduction 01:12 - The Centrality Of T...
The Church’s Purpose In Relationship To Each Other – Ep.219 – Scripture Teaching
April 03, 2023 10:05 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBThe Church's Purpose In Relationship To Each Other This is part two of the mini-series I was privileged enough to teach to my (Patrick's) church's high school group. We go from the Church's relationship to God and move into the Church's relationship to each other. Topics covered are communion, sharing meals, and fellowshipping with one another. I even call the students to rebel!
The Church’s Purpose In Relationship To God – Ep.218 – Scripture Teaching
March 27, 2023 10:05 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBThe Church's Purpose In Relationship To God Taking a pause from our John Frame book, the next two weeks will be parts one and two of a message I (Patrick) gave to my church's high school group. This week I cover the Church's relationship to God. Covering what is church then what is The Church and how does the church in community understand who God is and what He wants from us? You'll notice a good number of topics covered from the show and that's to show that this show isn't just about me or...
John Frame’s TAG Argument – Ep.217 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 4
March 20, 2023 10:05 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBJohn Frame's TAG Argument Frame finishes up his critique of VanTil's TAG argument and one that focuses on a big point of contention of TAG users - the apologetic use of probability and certainty. Then presented is John Frame's TAG argument in which he offers not to eradicate TAG but offers a 6-point reevaluation of it. Presuppositionalism still holds value and TAG still is important - it just might include a few extra areas of understanding and molding. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 -...
TAG, Trinity, & Negative Arguments – Ep.216 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 3
March 13, 2023 10:01 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBTAG, Trinity, & Negative Arguments Within Frame's critique of VanTil's version of the transcendental argument, he's not throwing it all away and Frame's fair judgment of where TAG emphasizes the rights points are brought out. Here, TAG, Trinity, & negative arguments are discussed to show that TAG is best used, especially from a worldview level, by the Christian. Other theists might attempt to claim to use TAG for their religious outcomes, but the same approach to the Christian worldview must ...
Questioning TAG – Ep.215 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 2
March 06, 2023 11:01 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBQuestioning TAG Now that John Frame has presented TAG in an overview, he is going to be questioning TAG as what he might consider some deficiencies - or at least in a way that VanTil presents TAG as being the one argument to rule them all and in the light, bind them. This is exactly the thing we need in Christian circles of good, godly men who honor and treat fairly those who have come before and build upon their mighty works. As readers, let us also seek to do likewise. Timeline: 00:00 - In...
The Best Argument For God – Ep.214 – Apologetics By John Frame – Transcendental Argument – Part 1
February 27, 2023 11:05 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBThe Best Argument For God "The Transcendental Argument (TAG) is the best argument for God!" You may have heard this claim along keywords like "preconditions of intelligibility" and "by what standard". However, what makes TAG so powerful is something that is beneficial for not just the apologist or the philosophically minded to know and understand - this is a way to better understand who God is and be able to communicate that to your family, children, coworkers, and nonbelievers. We'll help ...
Accepting Evidence – Ep.213 – Apologetics By John Frame – Some Methodological Considerations – Part 2
February 20, 2023 11:05 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAccepting Evidence Accepting evidence for a position seems like an easy thing to do in theory. See what's presented before you and if you properly understand everything you move from unbelief to belief. Ya, well, except it's definitely not that simple and it's not how people come to belief, especially about something as big a concept as God. Not only is that the case for human nature and psychology but it's also what The Bible has to say about belief as well. As Christians, maybe we should st...
Apologetics As Proof – Ep.212 – Apologetics By John Frame – Some Methodological Considerations – Part 1
February 13, 2023 11:01 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBApologetics As Proof It might sound weird to say that we offer up apologetics as proof when it comes to our faith in God. But what Frame is presenting here is that we sometimes overestimate what we are thinking proof is or isn't. We've let others define what faith is for so long that even if modern shows and movies acknowledge faith it's always some bad take of believing in spite of evidence or what you know not to be the case. Frame lays out the position of what we see in Scripture as exerci...
Every Thought Captive – Ep.211 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Message Of The Apologist – Part 2
February 06, 2023 11:05 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBEvery Thought Captive We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Corn. 10:5). Those same thoughts about the nature of all reality. The nature of knowledge. The nature of right and wrong. Not only those things but even how we present that message to others should be done by declaring that God is Creator and Sovereign and we should proclaim His message in the way He prescribes it to us in His Word. Timeline:...
The Nature Of All Reality – Ep.210 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Message Of The Apologist – Part 1
January 30, 2023 11:01 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBThe Nature Of All Reality The term "metaphysics" might seem like one of those scary words that only the eggheads use (true); the term just means what is the nature of all reality. What is it that makes the things we are and experience the things they are? The Christian worldview necessitates and calls for a drastically different take than what most scientists claim. But why is that? When the establishment wants to say that all reality can be traced back to non-personal entities, the Christia...
Evidence & Presuppositionalism – Ep.209 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Basics – Part 2
January 23, 2023 11:05 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBEvidence & Presuppositionalism Evidence & presuppositionalism have absolutely nothing to do with each other! Well except that all evidence is God's evidence and so the best use of evidence can be had when an apologist has established their foundation on something that makes sense of them and allows them to exist. The scary thing is that this entails everything in human history and beyond. The non-scary thing is that God is the "everything" and "beyond". John Frame gives us the role of evidenc...
The Basics Of Apologetics – Ep.208 – Apologetics By John Frame – The Basics – Part 1
January 16, 2023 11:05 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThe Basics Of Apologetics We crack open John Frame's Apologetics book by doing what we like doing best here - defining our terms. With that we find out what the basics of apologetics are and the right way and wrong way we can carry out the command from Scripture to always be ready to give an apologetic for the hope that you have. But what about the verses before and after that? Well, those are important too. Oh ya, and all the rest of Scripture. You probably should read that all. Timeline: 0...
The Need To Clarify And Encourage – Ep. 207 – Apologetics By John Frame – Preface
January 09, 2023 11:05 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThe Need To Clarify And Encourage Another apologetics book? But why? 2,000 years of Church History and we haven't said everything we need to say? Well, believe it or not, another apologetics book is needed as it gives us the ability to clarify and encourage. Also, it's kind of what the Bible tells us to do and that's a pretty big deal. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - Frame On The 1st Edition 04:31 - Frame On The Term Presuppositionalism 08:52 - Why Another Book On Presuppositionalism?...
Introducing John Frame & Apologetics – Ep. 206 – Apologetics By John Frame – Preface
January 02, 2023 11:05 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIntroducing John Frame & Apologetics We begin our next book by introducing John Frame & apologetics. We open to the preface where Frame's friend and ministry partner Vern Poythress gives us a mini-book in apologetics and what we'll see in the rest of the book. If we can talk about just the preface for this long, just imagine the bang for your buck you'll be getting for the rest of the book! Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Book Introduction 02:29 - John Frame Introduction 05:02 - Forwa...
Patrick’s 2022 Book Reviews – Ep.205 – Read More Books – Part 2
December 26, 2022 11:05 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB2022 Book Reviews - Part 2 The final reviews of 2022 include some IndiePub, poetry, sci-fi, and theology. Our hope for our ministry is that you pull off those books from your shelf, blow off the dust, and make use of them for God's glory. You can start at any time and start at any length of book. Our God is a storyteller and we reflect His image when we read and write our stories. Let us do all for the glory of God. TIMELINE: Timeline: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:20 - What About Evil By Sco...
Patrick’s 2022 Book Reviews – Ep.204 – Read More Books – Part 1
December 19, 2022 11:01 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB2022 Book Reviews - Part 1 For the last two weeks of the year, we'll be populating the show with books Patrick has read during the year. Some are homeschool supplementals, some are fiction, and - yes, some are even theology. Whether you're set in your ways of only picking books from the New York Times from Trad Pubs or you're a guilded member of the Iron Age of Indie Pubs, we hope this might help in finding some good books to read before they collect dust on your shelves. Reviews contain No S...
Cave To The Cross Apologetics – Redux – Bob Murphy Interview
December 12, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBBob Murphy Interview Redux The final two weeks of the year will be a year-end roundup of the book Patrick has read and starting the first Monday of the year we'll be starting John Frame's Book "Apologetics - A Justification Of Christian Belief". Today we revisit episodes 47 & 48 with Dr. Bob Murphy @BobMurphyAncap . This was an honor for me to have a conversation to the man who inspired me to learn more about economics for the glory of God. Dr. Murphy is a brilliant Austrian economist and C...
Cave To The Cross Apologetics – Redux – J. Warner Wallace Interview
December 05, 2022 11:04 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBJ. Warner Wallace Interview Redux We needed to reschedule some things for our next book so we're almost thinking of starting Frame's book at the first of the year. Next couple of weeks, I'm thinking of doing a year-end review of all the books I read this year and see if there's any interest in that. This week we're pulling an interview that we did with J. Warner Wallace @ColdCaseChristianity all the way back from episodes 51 and 52. We were all so young back then... We discuss Detective Wall...
9th Book Announcement
November 28, 2022 11:05 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBOur 9th Book Announcement A very blurry Patrick (if you're watching the video) announces the 9th book that's going to be covered on the show. Links are here in the description and we hope you'll join us as we focus (with Patrick's camera in focus) on this next book in our book club. BOOK LINKS: Kindle Paperback Audible Try Audible For Free Logos
The Internal Critique Of Other Religions – Ep.203 – Against All Opposition – Biblical Counterfeit Religions
November 21, 2022 11:05 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBInternal Critique Of Other Religions With the final chapter of Bahnsen's book, we look at the internal critique of other religions. The same system we've been using with looking at worldviews for other philosophies and worldviews works just as well with religion. In fact, the codification and systematic approach other religions have probably make it easier to develop and carry out an internal critique. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 02:49 - Application Against Non-Christian Religions 05:31 - ...
Dualism & Other Religions Critiqued – Ep.202 – Against All Opposition – A Quick Course In Comparative Religions
November 14, 2022 11:05 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDualism & Other Religions Critiqued Moving on from atheism to see how dualism & other religions critiqued. Applying the two-step method of providing an internal critique and then giving the biblical answer, we see the arbitrary and inconsistent nature of these worldviews. Platonism with its mind and body dualism and Aristotle with his materialism give a movement toward the Christian worldview but without a basis for knowledge. Finally, we look at three types of non-Christian religious worldv...
All Unbelievers Believe – Ep.201 – Against All Opposition – The Unbeliever Is A Believer
November 07, 2022 11:05 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBAll Unbelievers Believe Continuing with the internal critique of both the Christian and the unbeliever, the Christian comes to see that since God is Sovereign and Creator over all things and all men are made in His Image, it is impossible to rebel so far away from that so as to be outside of God's rule or image. As in Romans 1 we see that all unbelievers believe in the one true God. And it is evidenced by their beliefs and actions of being unable to live consistently within their own worldvie...
Atheist Issues – Mind & Morality – Ep.200 – Against All Opposition – A Critique Of Atheism – Part 2
October 31, 2022 10:05 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBAtheist Issues - Mind & Morality The problem of induction to do science and the problem of deduction to do logic are used but are baseless in a materialistic atheistic worldview. But that's not the only issues. Atheist issues mind & morality also arise with great issue. The mind, as opposed to the brain, just doesn't exist. You are nothing more than a meat sack and your actions cannot be right or wrong they just are. To hold men accountable for their actions would be like holding lions accou...
Atheist Issues – Induction & Deduction – Ep.199 – Against All Opposition – A Critique Of Atheism – Part 1
October 24, 2022 10:05 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBAtheist Issues - Induction & Deduction One of the most common worldviews you're likely to encounter is that of the materialistic atheist. This worldview states that reality is only made up of physical things. There is no supernatural or transcendental realm of objects. Only what's available to our senses is what is real and that's the only thing that matters. Here's the issue though - there are a lot of things this excludes. Two of them are induction & deduction. Timeline: 00:00 - Introductio...
Tools To Evaluate Worldviews – Ep.198 – Against All Opposition – Challenges Of Competing Worldviews – Part 2
October 17, 2022 10:05 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBTools To Evaluate Worldviews We finish the chapter by looking at some more tools to evaluate worldviews. Finishing up with atomists that want to keep free will we see hedonism and existentialism reign here. Then we take a slight detour to cover those worldviews that say you either can't know or it doesn't matter what all of reality is like. Is the easy way out the best route? Finally, we look at two facts used in evaluating worldviews. Once you classified each worldview in the nice grid syst...
Three Views Of Reality – Ep.197 – Against All Opposition – Challenges Of Competing Worldviews – Part 1
October 10, 2022 10:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThree Views Of Reality If there's one thing we tend to stress on this show it's that definitions matter. If you can define it then you can classify it. If you can classify it then you're better able to know where that fits in the conversation about God, His World, and those who exist in His World. As such, Greg Bahnsen has identified three views of reality that all people have. We walk through those definitions to not only see where Christians might stand but also where everyone else stands....
Everyone Is A Philosopher – Ep.196 – Against All Opposition – What Is Philosophy?
October 03, 2022 10:05 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBEveryone Is A Philosopher Everyone Is A Philosopher! It doesn't matter your education or lack there of. It doesn't matter if you are from the West or the East or from Mars. You can not know any Latin or you know how to get angry at the drive-through order taker in a dead language. You cannot help it. In this chapter, Bahnsen works at getting to understand what is philosophy and why everyone has a philosophy. What does a philosophy do as it seems to important for everyone to do it without kno...
Borrowing From The Christian Worldview – Ep.195 – Against All Opposition – Unbelievers Are Not Neutral And Christians Shouldn’t Be – Part 2
September 26, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBBorrowing From The Christian Worldview Not only should we reject the charge to be neutral when approaching any area that pertains to God, but we should also realize that since this world is God's world and we are all made in His image that even unbelievers are found borrowing from the Christian worldview - and they might not even know it! One of the benefits of addressing presuppositions and worldviews is that we are able to address this concern with the unbeliever and make them give a reaso...
No One Is Neutral, No Not One – Ep.194 – Against All Opposition – Unbelievers Are Not Neutral And Christians Shouldn’t Be – Part 1
September 19, 2022 10:05 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBNo One Is Neutral, No Not One We're back! Well - Tony is back! You've caught up on your book, right? You haven't been letting it collect dust again, have you? We pick back up with Bahnsen's book talking about if we should approach the subject of God (or anything) with a neutral standpoint. Both sides should lay down all their preconceptions, presuppositions, worldviews, and biases and start on the same base grounding. Well, guess what, that grounding of neutrality is also grounded on non-neu...
Apologetics Effects Affect – Ep. 193 – Talk Given To The Michigan Apologetics Network
September 12, 2022 09:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBApologetics Effects Affect Starting next week, Tony and I should be reunited in digital form to continue going through our Greg Bahnsen's Against All Opposition. I was kindly invited by some new friends at the Michigan Apologetics Network to give a talk on anything that I wished. I talked about how apologetics isn't an end to itself but is a tool for proclaiming God's Truth to both believers and non-believers alike. Apologetics effects affect those we proclaim the Gospel to and those who we ...
Fund Students Not Systems – Ep.192 – Jeff Park From The Anarchist Bible Study – Part 2
September 05, 2022 09:05 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBFund Students Not Systems Homeschool, private, public, or any other school parent in between should check out and support those groups with the mantra of "Fund Students Not Systems". Policy expert, Jeff Park (Alberta Parents' Union & Co-Host of The Anarchist Bible Study) joins me in the second half of the interview. In this section, we talk about combatting woke education especially if you're a Christian parent. What is the best and most Christian way of addressing issues you find in your ch...
The Christian Responsibility To Educate Children – Ep.191 – Jeff Park From The Anarchist Bible Study – Part 1
August 29, 2022 09:05 - 1 hour - 73 MBThe Christian Responsibility To Educate Children Is it the Christian responsibility to educate children or is it fine leaving that to the so-called experts? While the answer may seem simple enough, we invited an expert on public policy in education and Christian podcaster Jeff Park. He talks about the Christian's responsibility in educating one's children and where the responsibility lies. He goes over the current educational landscape (in both the United States and Canada). Finally, we discu...
Looking Through Church History – Ep.190 – Troy Fraiser From Revived Thoughts Interview – Part 2
August 22, 2022 09:05 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBLooking Through Church History When we look through Church History we see men, women, build-ups, big events, small events, death, sorrow, and Gospel worship. When we are looking through Church History we see those people and events give us things we enjoy and take for granted today. Troy Fraiser from Revived Thoughts podcast once again joins me in continuing this valuable discussion on why Church history matters and what we are missing out when we fail to look through it all. Timeline: 00:00 ...
Church History Matters – Ep.189 – Troy Fraiser From Revived Thoughts Interview – Part 1
August 15, 2022 09:05 - 42 minutes - 39 MBChurch History Matters This week I'm joined by THE Troy Fraiser who is one part of the Revived Studio/Revived Thoughts podcast empire. He joins me to discuss why Church history matters and what we can learn from it. What does this have to do with apologetics? The past 2,000 years of the church have been nothing but an apologetic to who God is and what His People, the Church, do in history! Because Troy is so knowledgeable on the subject the interview HAD to be split up into two parts. In thi...
Take Every Thought Captive – Ep.188 – Against All Opposition – Reasoning As A Christian Should
August 08, 2022 09:05 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBTake Every Thought Captive The Christian is commanded to take every thought to obey Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). It's not just in the realm of morality or on Sundays. It doesn't involve just the personal thoughts or the public actions. Every thought is to be conformed to the sovereignty of God. Even our apologetics? Even our starting points for how we view facts? Every. Thought. Of course this is easier said than done and even the Apostle Paul knew that. It's why it's called a sanctification...
Facts Don’t Change Hearts – Ep.187 – Against All Opposition – Foundational Faith
August 01, 2022 09:01 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBFacts Don't Change Hearts What do you mean facts don't change hearts? You just build up enough facts on top of someone they can't help but change their minds. While that might be true of some low investment beliefs think about something like the abortion debate. Does talking about the science of human life at conception and the different DNA between mother and child convince the other side that the murder is wrong? Not even medical doctors change their minds with their beliefs on that subject...