BONUS | Aquinas, Sin, and Evil w/ Dr. Frey
Summary In this episode, Dr. Frey tackles a bunch of hard questions about evil, sin, and Aquinas. She provides some helpful examples to illustrate the key ideas. I ask her about comments she’s made...
Author: John DeRosa
Ep. #62 – Early Evidence for the Eucharist w/ Dr. Beaumont
Summary Did the early Church believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist? What early evidence supports this? Also, if transubstantiation is based on Aristotelian categories that weren’t brought into Christianity until...
Ep. #61 – Exegetical Support for Petrine Primacy w/ Fr. Gadenz
Summary Is there strong scriptural support for the Primacy of Peter? Scholar of sacred scripture, Fr. Pablo T. Gadenz, joins us to examine three passages to answer that question. We look at Matthew 16,...
Ep. #60 – A Natural Theology Seminar w/ Dr. Koons
Summary This fall, Dr. Robert Koons is teaching a graduate seminar on arguments for God’s existence. In this episode, we cover cosmological arguments, teleological arguments, and epistemological arguments. We have a detailed discussion about...
Ep. #59 – Apologetics in C.S. Lewis w/ David Bates
Summary How did C.S. Lewis argue for the existence of God? How did he argue for Christianity in particular? Would he have been sympathetic to Classical Theism? David Bates joins us to answer these...
Ep. #58 – 3 Arguments for God w/ Brandon Vogt
Summary Brandon Vogt joins us to defend three arguments for God’s existence from his recent book. First, he explains the purpose of his book and situates the chapter on God’s existence. Second, he discusses...
Ep. #57 – Why Do You Believe in God? w/ Bryan Mercier
Summary Bryan Mercier joins us to discuss his book Why Do You Believe in God? In the book, he provides over a dozen real discussions he’s had about God’s existence, science, the problem of...
A Reply to Mullins’ Reply to Feser
Background Ryan Mullins wrote an essay critiquing divine simplicity at Theopolis. Edward Feser replied to Mullins’ critique, drawing upon material he used in Five Proofs of the Existence of God. Other philosophers and theologians...
Ep. #56 – Classical Theism & Analogy w/ Dr. Delfino
Summary Dr. Robert A. Delfino joins us to discuss the doctrine of analogy, which is very important for classical theists. Through the course of the episode, he walks through exemplar causality, logical vs. philosophical...
Ep. #55 – Modern Physics & Ancient Faith w/ Dr. Barr
Summary Dr. Stephen Barr joins us to discuss his book Modern Physics and Ancient Faith. Does science support the existence of God? What about the order in the universe and the so-called “fine-tuning”? Are...
