Logicallyfaithful: Examining The Beliefs That Drive Us

In this episode I interview the one and only Eric Metaxas! He is author , speaker, and conservative radio host. He has written three biographies, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery about William Wilberforce (2007), Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011), and Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the …

What are the limits of reason in moral thinking and living? How do we understand God in light of the critique of Immanuel Kant? In this episode of LogicallyFaithful, Dr. Chris Firestone helps us see what we cannot with our eyes alone. He is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Trinity International University and is the co-writer and co-producer of …

What are some of these attributes that make God, God? Here are a few : God is by definition a perfect being. In most theological positions in the western traditions God is a maximally great being who is perfect –having greatest consistent set of properties that add to his metaphysical value  •Necessary : God exists necessarily rather than contingently (Anselm) •Omnipotence (maximal power, e.g. in God’s role as …

How can one have a holistic faith yet still have nagging doubts? This podcast is on a talk I delivered on doubt from the book of John 20: 24-31. “In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” “Pensées” by Blaise Pascal,  This is the outline 1. YOU ARE NOT ALONE 2. …

How do we deal with religious oppression in society? I was part of a Social Justice Education Town Hall on the Historical Context of Religion and Oppression 11/12/20 at Northern Illinois University. It was with Dr. Ted Williams at the Professor of Political Science and Dr. Bonnie Harrison, Anthropology, an African indigenous religious expert. Here is the audio.

Find out how to restore your peace in this podcast. The Hebrew word for Peace, Shalom (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם‎ shalom) is not just an absence of trouble, but a restoring of wholeness.  It refers to a stone that has no cracks.  Life is a complex web full of moving parts and circumstances, when you are lacking peace—it means you are missing someone, …

It is my honor to interview the great Max McLean on his role as C.S. Lewis Onstage in The Most Reluctant Convert for the New Season 3.1 of LogicallyFaithful! He is an award-winning actor and founder and artistic director of New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts. Max adapted for the stage The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce, …

What makes a religion peaceful? Is Islam a “religion of peace?” How should we address this issue with wisdom, truth, and grace? Now, please note, we cannot adequately understand and deal with this controversial issue without people being offended. But being offended does not make you or me right. We must look at the truth in the most objective way …

What logical reason is there that God is good? In this episode, I Interview David Baggett. Dr. Baggett author of Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality. The book won Christianity Today’s 2012 apologetics book of the year of the award. He published a sequel with Walls that critiques naturalistic ethics, God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning. A …

Public Live Philosophical Lecture. Do All Religions Worship the Same God? How should we think about Universalism or pluralism in religion? This is a lecture delivered to my philosophy of religion class. It is a podcast. I look forward to your feedback

How can we apply Sorien Kierkegaard’s three stages of life to our own? Why will we always fail to find happiness? Join Professor Sweis as he gives a Zoom online lecture on this topic on Jun 9, 2020, at 11:00 AM Central Time. The details are below. This is highly recommended. https://youtu.be/Yq-gDw9uWq4 Topic: The Three Stages of Life. In this …

In this podcast, I interview best-selling author, Dr. Hugh Ross, on the evidence for the historical Adam. Dr. Ross travels the globe speaking on the compatibility of advancing scientific discoveries with the timeless truths of Christianity. His organization, Reasons to Believe, is dedicated to demonstrating, via a variety of resources and events, that science and biblical faith are allies, not …

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 of the Philosophy of the …

In this episode, I have a profound interaction on the three stages of life that Kierkegaard proposed: the Aesthetic, the Ethical, and Religious. Joining me to discuss the Three Stages of life Dr and Professor J Aaron Simmons. Aaron is the author of many books including Kierkegaard’s God and the Good Life (Indiana UP, 2017)  I was at the funeral of a …

This week I interview Professor Nancy Pearcey on Truth, Feminism and its historical relevance to our culture’s views on men and women. She is professor of apologetics and scholar-in-residence at Houston Baptist University, and editor at large of The Pearcey Report. Her books include–my favorites, How Now Shall We Live,  Total Truth and  Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and …

This week I have the honor of interviewing Paul Copan.    Paul is married to Jacqueline, together they have six children. In his spare time Paul is a Christian theologian, analytic philosopher, apologist, and author of multiple books and articles. He is currently a professor at the Palm Beach Atlantic University and holds the endowed Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy …

Yes, there is strong cosmological evidence for the fine tuning of the universe that points to a designer.  But what is that evidence?   My guest today is Robin Collins one of the contributors to both my volumes on Apologetics, Debating Chrsitian Theism (Oxford, 2011) and Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Zondervan, 2013).  Scroll down for the amazing …