2.29 Hell, the Soul, and Evil with Richard Swinburne

Why believe in hell? What about the soul? This week I interview the one and only Professor Richard Swinburne! He is one of the foremost philosophers of religion in the world and one of the most cited and researched scholars in the world. Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy and was Nolloth Professor […]

2.17 Holy Sex, Homosexuality, Homophobia and Theology: An Interview with Christopher Yuan

Holiness is the subject of Yuan’s latest book “Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story,”  In this interview, we cover: Sexual Identity and “this is who I am” theories. , Masculinity, Nature of God, and how to reach our struggling neighbor. “What is sexuality for?” “Why do we […]

02.16 The intolerance of Love : Interview with Sean McDowel

“If you truly care about other people, you must embrace their beliefs, values, lifestyles, and believe that their truth claims are in fact true, because they believe them, otherwise, you are a bigot and intolerant!”  This is a common mantra that is sadly embraced by our current culture warriors.  However, there are counter culture warriors […]

2.13 Can we be wrong about Science ​? John Lennox interview​

It is my privilege to interview Professor John Lennox on Science and Faith! Scroll down to hear it. He is Professor of Mathematics (emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford […]

3 Logical Reasons God may just exist

Does God Exist? Really, how can you believe in a being you cannot see or touch? “There is no real evidence for God!!” Really? Then see this. Here I lay out three logical arguments from Apologetics and Theology for the thesis that God exists.  Romans 1:20 says: “For since the creation of the world God’s […]

2.12: 3 ways to deal with Uncertanity​​ with J.P. Moreland

No purpose to life, no meaning, no hope? There is no meaning to life. “The universe has at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.” — Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life Do you believe what Dawkins wrote? Well may do not believe it, but many […]

2.11 : 3 reasons why science is not what you think it is

“If you cannot prove it, then I cannot believe it.” This is a claim many students and people who have swallowed the lie of secularism and scientism. The lie or myth is that only what we can prove with the hard sciences can be true. In this podcast I interview one of my heroes, JP […]

210: The Trinity, Islam, The Bible, and other Paradoxes!

Do you believe in three gods? How can you honestly trust the ancient books of the Bible? Is it not a contradiction and paradox to believe God became a man? In this podcast, I interview my friend, Sam Shamoun.  Sam is a brilliant Christian Apologist to Islam who has been making waves as he participates in […]

Are You Really Free? Think Again! 8 Ways to Address the lack of Free Speech

It is amazing that 40% of our younger generation (Millennials) are against free-speech. And it is not even allowed on my campus, as my own colleagues have tried to shut down a long-standing debate series I moderate. This article offers some hope and practical steps on how to deal with limited-free speech. We just passed […]

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Tools to navigate through your pain~!

“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” ― C.S. Lewis There are too many bookss on pain are available for us!. In this post I found […]

009: How to know what is True in Religion? Part 2 of 2

How you know that what you believe is in fact true?  “Everyone has their own views of truth and of God!” That is a common mantra in our pluralistic and sophomoric views of the Good the True and the Beautiful.  But is it right?  Is there a path to follow, a way to get us […]

How to avoid making the most embarrassing of logical errors

She stood up in my class and gave us all three logical reasons is to why logic is not useful and reasoned for us as to why we should not be using reason.   My student, was cutting her own philosophical throat.  She was making what philosophers call a self-refuting statement.  Allow me to explain. […]

OneStory Conference:

“The mythology/theology of Superheroes”  I will have the privilege of speaking at an upcoming conference in the Chicago land area, on that topic! Solid Reasons’ OneStory:Gospel, Purpose, Reality Conference My talk will be on the “Theology of Daredevil, Batman and the X-Men: Effective Principles to Successfully Connect with a Secular Society with the Mythology of SuperHeroes” It […]

002: Three Questions that we cannot ignore

There are three main questions we need to address to make sense of the world.  These three will be discussed in this podcast.  A few months ago, I had this conversation, “How can you be thankful? You are an atheist!”  This is what I said, with a smile,  to a friend of mine who told me […]

We all Lie–especially to ourselves

You are a thief and a liar! You may not be a grand thief—you won’t take the office computer home, but the office pen won’t hurt, will it? You lie to yourself (that dress doesn’t make you look fat), you lie to others (just this one brownie won’t hurt you), and you cheat, although minimally […]

Did God return to the crime scene?

God’s Crime Scene, by Jim Warner Wallace is a fantastic and absolutely engaging book.  It is his sequel to his Cold Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels.  In this book, Wallace investigates the evidence for the existence of God using multiple sources in very creative ways. There are a few interviews […]

Who made God?

Who made God?  Every semester students ask me this question.  Is trying to answer this even possible?  Is it even logical to try to answer it? In this post, I share what I learned these past 20 years with this question.  Now this is a fair question.  Lets give the skeptic the respect he longs […]