Ep. #253 – Is God a vindictive bully?
Summary Is the God of the Old Testament a vindictive bully? What should we think about the dichotomy often presented between the angry Old Testament God and the loving New Testament God? How can...
Category: Classical theism
Ep. #251 – Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition w/ Dr. Jim Jacobs
Summary What is philosophy? How should we subdivide it? What is meant by the “perennial tradition”? How do Catholic philosophers avoid the “is-ought gap” problem in ethics? Dr. Jim Jacobs joins us to discuss...
7 Ideas for New Year’s Resolutions for Apologists
New Year’s Goals/Resolutions for 2024 Why make goals? If you don’t, then you’re more likely to drift along and get pulled in all sorts of directions. Goals help us make progress in our lives...
Ep. #249 – The Bible’s Foundation – The Pentateuch w/ Dr. Schmiedicke
Summary Why are the five books of Moses so important? What are the genres and themes of the Pentateuch? What should we think about Mosaic authorship? How might we understand difficult, violent passages that...
Ep. #247 – Does God get angry? w/ Ryan M. Hurd
Summary Ryan M. Hurd joins the podcast to argue for the following thesis: God has zero wrath. How does this make sense when the Bible speaks clearly about God’s anger? Why say that God...
Ep. #246 – The Unmoved Mover Revisited w/ Dr. Daniel Shields
Summary What is Aquinas’s argument for an Unmoved Mover? How has it been understood by many Thomists and why does Daniel Shields have a different take? What should we think about the objection that...
Ep. #245 – The Historicity of the Gospels w/ Fr. Giambrone O.P.
Summary Who was Fr. Lagrange and why was his work important? What does the Church formally teach about the historicity of the Gospels? How can a faithful Catholic handle historical difficulties like the alleged...
Ep. #244 – The Best Argument for God w/ Pat Flynn
What are the best arguments for God’s existence? How do traditional approaches differ from modern approaches? If someone affirms there is a necessary being, why should they think that being is God? Pat Flynn joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Best Argument for God.
Ep. #242 – The Most Important Book of Scripture w/ Steve Ray
Is Genesis really the most important book of the Bible? How can we understand the text that seems to be in conflict with science? Does God’s command for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac mean that God is immoral? How does the Old Testament point forward to New Covenant realities? We discuss these topics with Steve Ray who has written an excellent new commentary on the entire book of Genesis.
Ep. #241 – Should Catholics be proponents of Intelligent Design? w/ Dr. Jay Richards
What is intelligent design (ID)? Should Catholics promote it? Does it fall into simplistic God-of-the-gaps thinking or is it creationism in disguise? What should we think about the fact that the three most recent popes have endorsed evolution? Dr. Jay Richards joins us to discuss these topics.
