Best James Walker And Daniel Ray Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 306: Three Decades of Darwin's Black Box with Dr. Michael Behe - Part Two 39:53

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This week we continue our fascinating conversation with biochemist, intelligent design advocate, and author Dr. Michael Behe, looking back over three decades since he first published Darwin's Black Box in 1996. On this episode, we will discuss some of the challenges facing origin of life research. From Michael's personal website: Michael Behe is Pr…

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Episode 305: Three Decades of Darwin's Black Box with Dr. Michael Behe - Part One 49:52

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On the last two episodes of AP, we talked with Tricia Scribner about how theistic evolution impacts how we understand the God of the Bible. On the next two episodes, we will be following up with a conversation with biochemist Dr. Michael Behe, author of his widely popular 1996 book Darwin's Black Box. We will delve into the challenges molecular des…

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Episode 304: How Theistic Evolution Impacts Our Understanding of God with Dr. Tricia Scribner Part Two 47:29

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This week Profile we continue our conversation with former nurse, author, and Christian apologist Dr. Tricia Scribner about how theistic evolution impacts a traditional, orthodox understanding of God. Is evolution by means of natural selection compatible with Christianity or does combining Moses and Darwin create more problems than it may at first …

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Episode 303: How Theistic Evolution Impacts Our Understanding of God with Dr. Tricia Scribner Part One 58:51

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Jesus said to the Jews of His day that if they really believed in Moses they would believe in Him, but if they did not believe in Moses, He asked how they could really believe in His words (John 5:46-47). Jesus said that Moses testified of Him. And foundational to Moses' testimony is the creation account of Genesis, including the creation of the fi…

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Episode 302: A Philosopher and a Physicist Discuss Probability and the Fine Tuning of the Universe with Dr. Timothy McGrew and Dr. Luke Barnes 1:07:19

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How does philosophy inform modern physics? And how do physicists incorporate philosophy into their research? On this episode, we dive into those questions with philosopher Dr. Timothy McGrew and astrophysicist Dr. Luke Barnes in order to help you fine tune your thinking about the fine tuning of the universe. Critics of the fine-tuning argument will…

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Episode 301: God Loves Mormons with YouTube Host Bradley Campbell Part Two 51:58

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Again this week we talking with YouTuber Bradley Cooper who hosts the God Loves Mormons channel. Bradley sat down with Daniel Ray at the Utah Christian Research Center in Draper, Utah this past April during General Conference weekend for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bradley shares with us his experiences in his outreach to the L…

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Episode 300: God Loves Mormons with YouTube Host Bradley Campbell Part One 1:00:43

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This is our special 300th episode of Apologetics Profile! We have been offering our podcast completely free, without subscription or advertising, for over 5 1/2 years. If you enjoy the broadcasts and would like to allow us to continue to offer the best conversations in Christian apologetics, and examining world religions and cults from a biblical p…

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Episode 299: The State of the Atheist & Christian Debate with Author Justin Brierley Part Two 24:56

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Is science really a barrier to belief in the Bible and Christianity? Why does science remain one of the primary reasons why people are rejecting Christianity? This week we dig into that topic and wrap up our conversation about the state of the Atheist and Christian dialogue with author, speaker, and podcaster, Justin Brierley. From http://justinbri…

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Episode 298: The State of the Atheist & Christian Debate with Author Justin Brierley 49:47

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New Atheism is in decline but atheism in general still persists. But so too does Christianity. What are the current trends today in the Atheist and Christian dialogue? Is Christianity also declining or is there a general resurgence of interest in the Bible and the Person of Christ? Or is it a little of both? This week and next on the Profile we tal…

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Episode 297: Design in the Universe Helps Lead an Atheist to Christ - Filmmaker Michael Ray Lewis - Part Two 45:35

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The Bible tells us that we can see and understand "God's invisible attributes" through what He has created. And this is precisely what former atheist Michael Ray Lewis discovered as he spent three years examining the evidence for Christianity. One of the most impressive arguments he encountered during his time of searching was that of the fine tuni…

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Episode 296: Design in the Universe Helps Lead an Atheist to Christ - Filmmaker Michael Ray Lewis - Part One 55:07

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God's creation shows us His invisible attributes. He uses His creation to lead us to Christ, through whom and for whom the entirety of the heavens and earth were made (Colossians 1). Daniel Ray recently met a former atheist who became a Christian and who has recently completed the final edits on a remarkable docudrama film about the cosmos and how …

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Episode 295: Sandra Tanner Discusses Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon - Part Two 47:33

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The 15th president of the LDS Church Gordon B. Hinkley said in 1961 that "this cause is either true or false. Either this is the kingdom of God, or it is a shame and a delusion. Either Joseph talked with the Father and the Son, or he did not. If he did not, we are engaged in blasphemy." This week we wrap up our conversation with former Latter-day S…

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Episode 294: Sandra Tanner Discusses Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon - Part One 50:16

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How could a young, relatively uneducated farm boy from upstate New York in the late 1820s have written something like The Book of Mormon? Was it inspired by God or is it merely the product of Joseph Smith's vivid imagination and storytelling? This week and next on the Profile we will be featuring our conversation with Sandra Tanner from this past A…

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Episode 293: Does Naturalism Refute the Resurrection? With Dr. Gary Habermas Part Two 31:16

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There exists a popular myth among skeptics and non-believers that Jesus did not really rise from the dead. What may have happened, they suggest, is that Peter and/or Paul experienced some kind of hallucination or vision of Jesus after His death. Our guest again this week on the Profile, resurrection scholar Dr. Gary Habermas, argues however, that i…

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Episode 292: Does Naturalism Refute the Resurrection? With Dr. Gary Habermas Part One 33:35

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If Jesus did not rise from the dead, as skeptics claim, then our faith in Christ is worthless and we are still in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). So do arguments rooted in naturalism, aimed at criticizing and casting doubt upon the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, pose any significant challenge to the Christian faith? According to our guest thi…

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Episode 291: What Is Intelligent Design? With Casey Luskin and Kristin Marais of Discovery Institute Part Two 50:36

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How many invisible entities does it take to explain the origin of the universe? Is the origin and existence of the cosmos ultimately best explained by a host of invisible theoretical entities or is it all best explained by a single, intelligent Agent? We continue our conversation from last week on the topic of Intelligent Design with Discovery Inst…

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Episode 290: What Is Intelligent Design? With Casey Luskin and Kristin Marais of Discovery Institute Part One 48:18

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Critics call it creationism in a cheap tuxedo. Some think is merely religion masquerading as a pseudo-scientific theory, but many others believe it to be a viable scientific theory that should be taken seriously. So what exactly is the theory of Intelligent Design (ID)? This week and next on the Profile, we'll explore the answer to that question wi…

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Episode 289: Engaging the Evolution and Design Debate with Discovery Institute Fellow Dr. Paul Nelson Part Two 38:02

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Evolutionary biologists have attempted in a multitude of different ways to genetically alter a species of fruit fly in an attempt to create some kind of new species. But their efforts have not yielded the desired results. In addition, contemporary discoveries pertaining to our own human genetic make up have brought a significant challenge to the re…

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Episode 288: Engaging the Evolution and Design Debate with Discovery Institute Fellow Dr. Paul Nelson Part One 42:03

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Since Charles Darwin's 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species there has been much debate and discussion about the relationship of Darwin's naturalistic hypothesis as it relates to and/or contravenes the creation account found in the Book of Genesis. Darwin's ideas have gone far beyond mere empirical science as they touch on the very philosoph…

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Episode 287: The Argument for God's Existence from Beauty and Mathematics Part 2 with Paige Lehrmann 37:14

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Many of us have plenty of experiences with math, especially when we were younger. Perhaps some of your memories of what math was like for you in school are unpleasant, to say the least. Yet there are many people who are passionate about mathematics, especially Christians who see mathematics as the God-given language by which we can better understan…

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Episode 286: The Argument for God's Existence from Beauty and Mathematics Part 1 with Paige Lehrmann 41:57

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We have all had meaningful and profound encounters with beauty in our lives. Even though we often know what we mean when we say "That is absolutely beautiful," beauty, as it turns out, is not easy to articulate in words. It goes far beyond outward or aesthetically pleasing appearances. There is much more theological depth and complexity to the topi…

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Episode 285: Who Do Men Say That I Am? The Incarnate Christ and His Critics [Part 2] 41:55

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Colossians tells us that all things were made through Christ and for Christ. John tells us that all things came into being through the Word who was and is God incarnate, the second Person of the Trinity, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Through what God has made, Romans 1 tells us, the whole world knows something of God's invisible attributes - Hi…

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Episode 284: Who Do Men Say That I Am? The Incarnate Christ and His Critics [Part 1] 40:34

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"The whole world has gone after Him" the Pharisees said to one another about Jesus of Nazareth (John 12:19). He healed the sick, cured the lepers, brought sight to the blind, commanded the winds and the waves, fed the hungry, and even raised His friend Lazarus from the dead. Who is this Jesus? Some say He was just a prophet. Some say He was merely …

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Episode 283: The Occult Roots of the Prosperity Gospel with Dr. Richard Howe [Part 2] 48:35

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Word-faith teachers claim that faith is a kind of power or force that we can utilize to our advantage to help us prosper physically, financially, and spiritually. This week philosopher and apologist Dr. Richard G. Howe will continue to unpack the problematic doctrines and practices of the word-faith prosperity heresy and give us sound, biblical ins…

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Episode 282: The Occult Roots of the Prosperity Gospel with Dr. Richard Howe [Part 1] 38:25

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The word-faith prosperity gospel is not really the Gospel at all. Much of the heretical theology and practice within the word-faith movement comes from much older and long-standing occult beliefs and practice. This week and next on Apologetics Profile, we'll be featuring president of Watchman Fellowship James K. Walker's conversation with Dr. Richa…

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Episode 281: Jeffrey Barbeau on C.S. Lewis, Romanticism and Personal Experience [Part 2] 39:36

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In early 1820 a young farm boy by the name of Joseph Smith believed he had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ appearing to him, exhorting him not to join any of the existing churches of his day, for they were all corrupt. Just over 200 years later in 2023 in Wilmore, Kentuck in the main chapel on the campus of Asbury Theological Seminary, …

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Episode 280: Jeffrey Barbeau on C.S. Lewis, Romanticism and Personal Experience [Part 1] 50:25

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If you have ever had a deeply moving personal experience with God, you know it can be something that words cannot adequately convey. Perhaps it is deeply emotional, powerful, and moving. The experience solidifies your conviction that what you believe about God is true. You might also believe God "spoke" to you in that moment. But given that there a…

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Episode 279: Reaching Mormons with the Gospel [Part 2] with Bill McKeever and James Walker 46:19

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There are nearly seven million Latter-day Saints in the United States today. And yet despite the growth of Latter-day Saints in foreign countries, the LDS church in the US continues to see a significant decline in its membership. Since 2021, the LDS church in the US has experienced a decline in membership in 21 states. Through the growth of availab…

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Episode 278: Reaching Mormons with the Gospel [Part 1] with Bill McKeever and James Walker 55:41

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This week and next on the profile President of Watchman Fellowship, James Walker sits down with Bill McKeever, founder of Mormon Research Ministry (MRM) and the Utah Christian Research Center, about many of the challenges facing Latter-day Saints today regarding the church's history and theology. We hope these episodes will better equip you to enga…

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Episode 277: When Cults Split [Part 2] The ICC Disfellowships Kip McKean who joins new RCW splinter group 36:07

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This week on Apologetics Profile, Watchman senior apologist Dr. Brady Blevins continues his conversation with counter-cult apologist Steve Matthews about the recent split of the International Christian Church (ICC) and its disfellowshipping of its charismatic and controversial founder, Kip McKean. The breakaway sect of the ICC now calls itself the …

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Episode 276: When Cults Split [Part 1] The ICC Disfellowships Kip McKean who joins new RCW splinter group 46:44

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This week and next on the Profile, Watchman senior apologist Dr. Brady Blevins talks with counter-cult apologist Steve Matthews about the recent split of the International Christian Church (ICC), founded by the controversial and charismatic leader Kip McKean. Not only did the ICC recently split, it also disfellowshipped McKean himself for inappropr…

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Episode 275: Sara's Journey from Islam to Jesus [Part 2] 36:42

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Just how radically different is the portrait of Isa in the Qur'an with Jesus of the Bible? This week we'll hear once more from president of Watchman Fellowship James Walker's interview with Sara, a former Muslim, who was moved and convicted by Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. If Allah is truly merciful and loving, why did the Sermon on the Mo…

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Episode 274: Sara's Journey from Islam to Jesus [Part 1] 31:32

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This week we conclude our series on Islam with the testimony of a former Muslim who became a Christian after questioning some of the basic teachings of the Qur'an and the Hadiths. On this episode president of Watchman Fellowship James Walker had a chance to talk with Sara at the Defend Apologetics Conference in January about her transition from Isl…

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Episode 273: Islamic Tawhid Vs the Christian Trinity with Dr. Imad Shehadeh [Part 2] 32:41

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When engaging Muslims with the truth of Christianity, it is crucial we understand clearly not only our own doctrines but those of our Muslim friends and neighbors as well. While we use many familiar-sounding concepts, our definitions are often radically different. This week on the Profile we continue our discussion with founder and president of Jor…

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Episode 272: Islamic Tawhid Vs the Christian Trinity with Dr. Imad Shehadeh [Part 1] 33:31

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God is doing a work in the Middle East. This week and next on the Profile we talk with the founder and president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Aman, Jordan Dr. Imad Shehadeh. The seminary, established in the early 1990s, presently trains and equips Christians, many who are former Muslims, to pastor churches and serve in Christian mi…

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Episode 271: Discussing the Trinity with Muslims [Part 2] featuring Dr. Sherene Khouri 37:49

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When sharing our own testimonies and stories about our faith in Christ with Muslims, it is essential to know some basic differences between Christianity and Islam. What do Muslims believe about the Trinity? What is the true nature of God? What are the fundamental differences between the God of the Bible and Allah of the Qur'an? This week we continu…

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Episode 270: Discussing the Trinity with Muslims [Part 1] featuring Dr. Sherene Khouri 41:29

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The Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is perhaps one of the most difficult and challenging doctrines of the Christian faith. Perhaps it is nowhere more challenging to explain than in dialogue with Muslims, who believe that Christianity is blasphemously polytheistic, teaching that there are literally three distinct Gods. Our guest this week an…

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Episode 269: James Hannam: God's Philosophers - How Dark Were the Dark Ages? [Part 2] 36:42

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You have probably seen the picture of Earth taken by the Voyager I satellite on Valentine's Day in 1990. It looks like nothing more than a little pixel, just a tiny point of light hanging in a beam of sunlight, like a mote of dust. Long before NASA presented this iconic image to the public, however, the late Medieval poet Dante had imagined the Ear…

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Episode 268: James Hannam: God's Philosophers - How Dark Were the Dark Ages? [Part 1] 37:02

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You have likely heard the term "the Dark Ages" to describe the period of history from about 450 A.D. to 1450 A.D. And you have likely heard a historian or science popularizer or two suggest that it was primarily the Christian Church of the time which was the root cause of suppressing true scientific knowledge of the physical cosmos. Medievals were …

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Episode 267: BONUS: 2024 Year in Review - Apologetics Profile 1:19:40

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Our 2024 year-in-review theme for this special broadcast is From Unbelief to Belief. We feature clips from selected episodes in 2024 discussing the problem of unbelief and the hope we have in Christ of overcoming unbelief, in our own lives and the lives of those we know and love. Some of the guests featured on this special edition of the Profile in…

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Episode 265: The Keys to Bible Interpretation [Part 2] with Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski 43:35

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In today's age of rampant individualistic interpretations of Scripture how can we properly cultivate a right understand the Bible? Our guest again this week on the Profile is theologian and president of Indianapolis Theological Seminary Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski, author of the 2021 book In All the Scriptures - Three Contexts of Biblical Hermeneutics.…

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Episode 264: The Keys to Bible Interpretation [Part 1] with Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski 44:54

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In today's age of rampant individualistic interpretations of Scripture how can we properly cultivate a right understand the Bible? Our guest this week and next on the Profile is theologian and president of Indianapolis Theological Seminary Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski, author of the 2021 book In All the Scriptures - Three Contexts of Biblical Hermeneuti…

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Episode 263: Why Did God Do That? [Part 2] with Matthew Tingblad 50:10

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Perhaps two of the biggest objections you hear against God's existence are slavery and hell. Why would God, a loving God, allow such things? This week we continue our conversation with apologist with Josh McDowell Ministries, Matthew Tingblad, co-author with Josh McDowell of Why Did God Do That? Discovering God's Goodness in the Hard Passages of Sc…

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Episode 262: Why Did God Do That? [Part 1] with Matthew Tingblad 46:31

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Why? We often have many "Why?" questions when it comes to God and our relationship with Him. Why would God allow evil or why would God flood the earth? God does not tell us everything we would like to know, but He has revealed to us everything we need to know, including the fact that we can trust Him with our lives and that He is ultimately good. T…

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Episode 261: Who's Afraid of the Multiverse? [Part 2] with Dr. Jeff Zweerink 34:49

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Our guest again this week, astrophysicist and author at Reasons to Believe (www.reasons.org) Dr. Jeff Zweerink, tells us that we have nothing to fear, not even the multiverse! Many atheists and skeptics have tried to employ the multiverse as a means of explaining away God as the cause of the existence of our universe. Come and hear what Jeff has to…

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Episode 260: Who's Afraid of the Multiverse? [Part 1] with Dr. Jeff Zweerink 55:06

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The universe is a fantastically wondrous place. There are more things in heaven and earth than are often dreamt of in our philosophies, to paraphrase Hamlet a little bit. And for the many things we can observe in the physical universe, science sometimes struggles to come up with an explanation as to what is really going on. How much more mysterious…

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Episode 259: Bridge Building Apologetics [Part 2] with Lindsey Medenwaldt 34:00

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Our guest again this week is author and apologist Lindsey Medenwaldt, who continues to share with us insights and her personal experiences with apologetics and evangelism. The Apostle Paul tells his fellow Christians in Corinth to do all to the glory of God. What does that mean? Do we have to be a popular evangelist or a pastor or have a successful…

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Episode 258: Bridge Building Apologetics [Part 1] with Lindsey Medenwaldt 42:34

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In the 12th chapter of Paul's first letter to Corinth, he reminds the church that "the body is not one member but many... the eye cannot say to the hand 'I have no need of you.'" The Spirit of God has distributed diverse gifts to the body of Christ. We each have unique gifts and abilities which we can use to help encourage and edify one another as …

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Episode 257: 258 Many Worlds, Mormonism and Multiverses [Part 2] with Dr. Luke Barnes 35:58

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What does materialism, Big-Bang cosmology, and Mormonism all have in common? Can we really work toward becoming a god of our own world? What does a mid-twentieth century interpretation of quantum mechanics have to do with Latter-Day Saint theology? And just exactly how can the Gospel help us better understand how to respond to these complex issues?…

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Episode 256: Many Worlds, Mormonism and Multiverses [Part 1] with Dr. Luke Barnes 57:12

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Is it possible for us to become a god? Do mathematics tell us that there are many universes? Is there any evidence of other universes? This week and next on the Profile, we guarantee that in all of the some five million podcasts out there today, you won't likely find the the topics of Many Worlds, Mormonism, and Multiverses covered in the same epis…