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A Toxic New Religion | The Apologist's Bookshelf

Western culture divided in the past into two streams--a Judeo-Christian outlook and an atheist outlook. This podcast covers the atheist side as it subdivided into two streams--one characterized as "modern" and the other as "postmodern."

Jesus Under Fire | The Apologist's Bookshelf

The Jesus Seminar, made up of very liberal people, often attacked evangelical beliefs about Christianity. This book refutes their challenges. Today I explore the third chapter of the book, which discusses what we can learn about the words of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament.

Share Jesus Without Fear | The Apologist's Bookshelf

This is a continuation of the author's responses to objections directed at Christianity.

God's Crime Scene | The Apologist's Bookshelf

J. Warner Wallace, one of my favorite speakers and authors, discusses the origin of life and free will in two chapters of his book.

Which God is God? | The Apologist's Bookshelf

Here's a new book (2024) that is a lawyer's look at God and religion. In this podcast I go over the author's first chapter. There he discusses the startling idea that the universe had a beginning, an idea that disturbed many scientists.

The Case for Heaven | The Apologist's Bookshelf

This podcast completes chapter 8 in Lee Strobel's book. It covers Biblical obstacles to the idea that evil individuals are annihilated rather than punished eternally in hell.

Apatheism | The Apologist's Bookshelf

This podcast continues the author's discussion of the cultural reasons we have so much apathy when it comes to spiritual matters.

How (Not) to Read the Bible | The Apologist's Bookshelf

In this chapter Dan Kimball explains why Christians follow some but not all commands found in the Old Testament.

Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties | The Apologist's Bookshelf

 For this podcast I dealt with how Gleason Archer answered the question, "How can Genesis 1 be reconciled with the immense periods of time indicated by fossil strata?"

Evidence Unseen | The Apologist's Bookshelf

Here's a wonderful book by James Rochford that shows the Christian faith is not simply a blind leap in the dark. This podcast covers his opening chapter dealing with a number of aspects of life that would crumble if God were not around to support them.